Start Mason Taylor or Evan Engram? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Evan Engram over Mason Taylor in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Evan Engram at 5.7 points and Mason Taylor at 4.4, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Evan Engram this week yet, so his 5.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (5.4, 5.8 and 6.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Mason Taylor this week yet, so his 4.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (3.9, 3.8 and 5.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Evan Engram yet. His market-based projections were 5.4, 5.8 and 6.0 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 5.7, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Mason Taylor yet. His market-based projections were 3.9, 3.8 and 5.5 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 4.4, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Evan Engram 1.3 points ahead of Mason Taylor on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Evan Engram and DEN host KC on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

KC allowed 18.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 5th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 71 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against KC.

Mason Taylor and NYJ host LV on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

LV allowed 19.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 4th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 58 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against LV.

By points allowed to the position, Mason Taylor has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Evan Engram is not on the injury report.

Mason Taylor is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Evan Engram played 54 percent of DEN snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Evan Engram, Week 4 against SF: 44 of 65 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 5 against LAC: 30 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 55 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 6 against SEA: 31 of 60 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 7 against ARI: 24 of 61 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 2 yards.

Through Week 7, Mason Taylor played 57 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Mason Taylor, Week 2 against GB: 34 of 74 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Mason Taylor, Week 5 against CLE: 41 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 24 yards.

Mason Taylor, Week 6 against NE: 34 of 62 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards.

Mason Taylor, Week 7 against MIA: 37 of 59 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 62 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Evan Engram played 16 games for DEN and scored 102.8 PPR points, 6.4 a game, finishing TE29.

He caught 50 of 76 targets for 461 yards and 1 touchdown, with 10 red zone targets and 159 air yards.

He was on the field for 42 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Mason Taylor played 13 games for NYJ and scored 88.9 PPR points, 6.8 a game, finishing TE32.

He caught 44 of 65 targets for 369 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets and 235 air yards.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Evan Engram.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Evan Engram.
• Start Evan Engram over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Mason Taylor over Tommy Tremble.