Start Kenyon Sadiq or Michael Mayer? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Kenyon Sadiq over Michael Mayer
- Market projects
- 8.4
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 48%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 16%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 7.8
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 85%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 18%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Kenyon Sadiq over Michael Mayer in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Kenyon Sadiq at 8.4 points and Michael Mayer at 7.8, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
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What the market projects
Player markets imply 8.4 fantasy points for Kenyon Sadiq, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.
The market has Kenyon Sadiq at 31.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 26% chance to score a touchdown (14, 13 and 16 market sources).
Player markets imply 7.8 fantasy points for Michael Mayer, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.
The market has Michael Mayer at 29.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 21% chance to score a touchdown (16, 14 and 15 market sources).
That puts Kenyon Sadiq 0.6 points ahead of Michael Mayer on the market projections.
Injury status
Kenyon Sadiq is not on the injury report.
Michael Mayer is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Kenyon Sadiq played 48 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.
Kenyon Sadiq, Week 1 against TEN: 28 of 67 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 21 yards, 1 touchdown.
Kenyon Sadiq, Week 2 against GB: 27 of 74 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.
Kenyon Sadiq, Week 3 against DET: 38 of 66 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 105 yards, 1 touchdown.
Kenyon Sadiq, Week 4 against CHI: 22 of 32 snaps, 4 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Through Week 4, Michael Mayer played 85 percent of LV snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.
Michael Mayer, Week 1 against MIA: 55 of 68 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 32 yards.
Michael Mayer, Week 2 against LAC: 53 of 63 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 23 yards.
Michael Mayer, Week 3 against NO: 61 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 32 yards, 1 touchdown.
Michael Mayer, Week 4 against KC: 74 of 84 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 82 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Michael Mayer played 13 games for LV and scored 73.8 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE38.
He caught 35 of 50 targets for 328 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets and 132 air yards.
He was on the field for 57 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
TE19 · NYJ · bye unlisted
- Overall rank
- 117
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
Ranked behind
TE20 · LV · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 127
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 8
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board10
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 7 and tier 8
- Board size272 draftable players
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