Start Gunnar Helm or Mason Taylor? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Gunnar Helm over Mason Taylor in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Gunnar Helm at 4.9 points and Mason Taylor at 3.9, a gap of 1.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Gunnar Helm this week yet, so his 4.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (4.9 and 5.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Mason Taylor this week yet, so his 3.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (3.9 and 3.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Gunnar Helm yet. His market-based projections were 4.9 and 5.0 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 4.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

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

That puts Gunnar Helm 1.1 points ahead of Mason Taylor on these projections.

Injury status

Gunnar Helm is not on the injury report.

Mason Taylor is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 5, Gunnar Helm played 77 percent of TEN snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Gunnar Helm, Week 2 against PHI: 46 of 53 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 3 against NYG: 49 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 4 against BAL: 46 of 64 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 5 against HOU: 45 of 63 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 6, Mason Taylor played 56 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Mason Taylor, Week 1 against TEN: 44 of 67 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for -2 yards.

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: 6 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Gunnar Helm played 16 games for TEN and scored 91.7 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE31.

He caught 44 of 55 targets for 357 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 198 air yards.

He was on the field for 53 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 7 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Gunnar Helm.
• Start Gunnar Helm over Austin Hooper.
• Start Gunnar Helm over Cole Kmet.
• Start AJ Barner over Mason Taylor.
• Start Mason Taylor over Austin Hooper.
• Start Mason Taylor over Cole Kmet.