Start Michael Mayer or Mason Taylor? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Michael Mayer over Mason Taylor in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Michael Mayer at 7.8 points and Mason Taylor at 7.0, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 7.8 fantasy points for Michael Mayer, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Michael Mayer is 30 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (9, 10 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 7.0 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, 3-4 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (12, 8 and 10 market sources).

That puts Michael Mayer 0.8 points ahead of Mason Taylor on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Michael Mayer and LV host LAR on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LAR allowed 8.3 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 30 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against LAR.

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

Michael Mayer is not on the injury report.

Mason Taylor is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Michael Mayer played 81 percent of LV snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Michael Mayer, Week 5 against NE: 39 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards.

Michael Mayer, Week 6 against BUF: 52 of 66 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 95 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, 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.

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 Michael Mayer over AJ Barner.
• Start Michael Mayer over Cade Otton.
• Start Michael Mayer over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Mason Taylor over AJ Barner.
• Start Mason Taylor over Austin Hooper.
• Start Cade Otton over Mason Taylor.