Start Mike Gesicki or Mason Taylor? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Mike Gesicki over Mason Taylor in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Mike Gesicki at 6.8 points and Mason Taylor at 3.9, a gap of 3.0. No player market is posted for Mike Gesicki this week yet, so his 6.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (6.7 and 6.9); 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 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.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Mike Gesicki yet. His market-based projections were 6.7 and 6.9 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 6.8, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Mike Gesicki is 0.2 touchdowns (3 market sources).

That puts Mike Gesicki 3.0 points ahead of Mason Taylor on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

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.

Mike Gesicki and CIN visit BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BAL allowed 10.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 36 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against BAL.

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

Injury status

Mason Taylor is not on the injury report.

Mike Gesicki is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

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.

Through Week 5, Mike Gesicki played 46 percent of CIN snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Mike Gesicki, Week 2 against HOU: 21 of 60 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Mike Gesicki, Week 3 against PIT: 29 of 57 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 37 yards, 1 touchdown.

Mike Gesicki, Week 4 against JAX: 47 of 76 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown.

Mike Gesicki, Week 5 against MIA: 29 of 65 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Mike Gesicki played 13 games for CIN and scored 70.7 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing TE41.

He caught 28 of 42 targets for 307 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 244 air yards.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Mason Taylor.
• Start Mason Taylor over Austin Hooper.
• Start Mason Taylor over Cole Kmet.
• Start AJ Barner over Mike Gesicki.
• Start Cade Otton over Mike Gesicki.
• Start Mike Gesicki over Colby Parkinson.