Start Mason Taylor or Tommy Tremble? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 9:36 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Mason Taylor over Tommy Tremble

- Market projects
- 5.2
- recent weeks avg
- KC D vs TE
- 17.8
- 5th most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 58%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 13%
- Through Week 8

- Market projects
- 4.3
- fantasy pts
- DEN D vs TE
- 16.8
- 7th most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 56%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 10%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Tommy Tremble for Mason Taylor?
Not on these numbers alone. Tommy Tremble projects 45 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (5.0 a game over 9 games) and Mason Taylor 46 (5.7 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Mason Taylor over Tommy Tremble.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Mason Taylor over Tommy Tremble in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Mason Taylor at 5.2 points and Tommy Tremble at 4.3, a gap of 0.9. 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 5.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (3.8, 5.5 and 6.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Mason Taylor yet. His market-based projections were 3.8, 5.5 and 6.3 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 5.2, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
Player markets imply 4.3 fantasy points for Tommy Tremble, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.
The market-based projection for Tommy Tremble is 16 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (8, 8 and 10 market sources).
That puts Mason Taylor 0.9 points ahead of Tommy Tremble on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Mason Taylor and NYJ visit KC on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
KC allowed 17.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 5th most in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 66 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against KC.
Tommy Tremble and CAR host DEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
DEN allowed 16.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 7th most in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 68 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against DEN.
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 9
Through Week 8, Mason Taylor played 58 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.
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.
Mason Taylor, Week 8 against LV: 39 of 64 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 19 yards.
Through Week 8, Tommy Tremble played 56 percent of CAR snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.
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.
Tommy Tremble, Week 8 against GB: 44 of 73 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 19 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 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Tommy Tremble for Mason Taylor?
Not on these numbers alone. Tommy Tremble projects 45 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (5.0 a game over 9 games) and Mason Taylor 46 (5.7 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Mason Taylor over Tommy Tremble.
Should I drop Mason Taylor for Tommy Tremble?
Not on these numbers alone. Mason Taylor projects 46 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (5.7 a game over 8 games) and Tommy Tremble 45 (5.0 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Mason Taylor over Tommy Tremble.
Week 9 on the board
- Is Mason Taylor playing Week 9?
- Is Tommy Tremble playing Week 9?
- Jets depth chart
- Panthers depth chart
- Week 9 TE rankings
- Week 9 fantasy rankings
- Week 9 start or sit
- Week 9 waiver wire
- Week 9 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 9
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 9 kicker rankings
- Week 9 defense rankings