Start Mason Taylor or Tommy Tremble? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Mason Taylor over Tommy Tremble in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Mason Taylor at 4.4 points and Tommy Tremble at 4.2, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Mason Taylor this week yet, so his 4.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (3.9, 3.8 and 5.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Tommy Tremble this week yet, so his 4.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (3.6 and 4.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Mason Taylor yet. His market-based projections were 3.9, 3.8 and 5.5 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 4.4, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Tommy Tremble yet. His market-based projections were 3.6 and 4.7 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 4.2, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Tommy Tremble is 0.2 touchdowns (13 market sources).

That puts Mason Taylor 0.3 points ahead of Tommy Tremble on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

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

LV allowed 19.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 4th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 58 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against LV.

Tommy Tremble and CAR visit GB on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

GB allowed 9.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 33 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against GB.

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

Injury status

Mason Taylor is not on the injury report.

Tommy Tremble is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Mason Taylor played 57 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Mason Taylor, Week 7 against MIA: 37 of 59 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 62 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 7, Tommy Tremble played 55 percent of CAR snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Tommy Tremble, Week 3 against CLE: 37 of 77 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 41 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 4 against DET: 38 of 75 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 12 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 6 against PHI: 54 of 79 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 46 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Tommy Tremble, Week 7 against TB: 27 of 56 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 8 yards.

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, Tommy Tremble played 17 games for CAR and scored 63.9 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing TE42.

He caught 27 of 37 targets for 249 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 85 air yards.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Evan Engram over Mason Taylor.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Tommy Tremble.
• Start Tommy Tremble over Dawson Knox.
• Start Tommy Tremble over Eli Raridon.