Start Juwan Johnson or Mason Taylor? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Juwan Johnson over Mason Taylor in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Juwan Johnson at 8.3 points and Mason Taylor at 6.0, a gap of 2.4.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.4 fantasy points for Juwan Johnson, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Juwan Johnson is 33 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (13, 10 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.0 fantasy points for Mason Taylor, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Mason Taylor is 23 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (11, 8 and 10 market sources).

That puts Juwan Johnson 2.4 points ahead of Mason Taylor on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Juwan Johnson and NO host PIT on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

PIT allowed 11.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 46 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against PIT.

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

MIA allowed 19.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 4th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 76 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against MIA.

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

Injury status

Juwan Johnson is not on the injury report.

Mason Taylor is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Juwan Johnson played 68 percent of NO snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Juwan Johnson, Week 3 against LV: 46 of 74 snaps, 8 targets and 8 catches for 53 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Juwan Johnson, Week 4 against ATL: 58 of 74 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 59 yards.

Juwan Johnson, Week 5 against MIN: 29 of 45 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 16 yards.

Juwan Johnson, Week 6 against NYG: 42 of 72 snaps, 2 targets 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: 34 of 62 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Juwan Johnson played 17 games for NO and scored 179.9 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing TE8.

He caught 77 of 102 targets for 889 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 527 air yards.

He was on the field for 76 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 Juwan Johnson over AJ Barner.
• Start Juwan Johnson over Cade Otton.
• Start Colston Loveland over Juwan Johnson.
• Start AJ Barner over Mason Taylor.
• Start Mason Taylor over Austin Hooper.
• Start Cade Otton over Mason Taylor.