# Mason Taylor — FootballQuants player source Canonical source: https://footballquants.com/sources/players/12498 Use the season, week, scoring, freshness and limitations below when citing this source. Model estimates are not observed outcomes. ```json { "schema_version": "public-sources.v1", "canonical_url": "https://footballquants.com/sources/players/12498", "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T02:31:02.296389+00:00", "season": 2026, "week": 8, "last_season": 2025, "fmt": "half", "teams": 12, "qb": 1, "mode": "inseason", "data_version": "board:v4:fp:1788548817:m:1788548832:r:1788548848:s:27180:12104087.300:weekly:2026-10-31 23:35:25.223816+00:00:xfp:2026-10-31 23:04:30.678931+00:00:registry:2026-10-31 23:03:48.108384+00:00:kickoff:2026-10-30 00:15:00+00:00:expired:False:fp:1788548817:r:1788548848:weekly:2026-10-31 23:33:41.151983+00:00:completed:7:outcomes:ready:schedule:8", "model_version": "trade-value-sleeper-ros-v1", "generated_at": "2026-11-01T00:32:50.841496+00:00", "freshness": { "status": "partial", "expected_season": 2026, "served_season": 2026, "expected_week": 8, "warnings": [], "sources": { "outcomes": { "status": "ready", "captured_at": "2026-10-31T23:03:40.760224+00:00", "completed_through_week": 7 }, "season_projection": { "status": "preseason_prior", "captured_at": null }, "draft_adp": { "status": "preseason_context", "captured_at": null }, "advanced_stats": { "status": "coverage_not_verified", "captured_at": null } }, "note": "Generation time is not source freshness. Individual future-projection capture dates and coverage are provided per player; not every input has an independent capture receipt." }, "outcome_readiness": { "completed_week": 7, "fresh": true, "checked_at": "2026-10-31T23:03:40.760224+00:00", "status": "ready" }, "valuation_context": { "phase": "sleeper_future_with_model_fallback", "fallback_phase": "in_season_blend", "fallback_outcomes_through_week": 7, "fallback_weekly_projection_eligible": true, "advanced_stats_priced": false, "injury_outlook": "annotation_only", "remaining_games_policy": "exclude_started_games" }, "value_locked": null, "ytd_through_week": 8, "ytd_complete_through_week": 7, "sources": [ { "name": "FootballQuants public Player Research board", "url": "https://footballquants.com/api/v1/players/board" } ], "limitations": [ "Model estimates are not guaranteed outcomes. An unavailable value is null, never zero.", "generated_at describes model generation; retrieved_at describes this response, not a source update.", "Season projections are full-season estimates, not this week's points. ADP describes draft markets, not a weekly ranking.", "Half-PPR trade values are public. Standard and PPR trade values require an eligible paid account and are omitted here.", "League-family estimates use the stated scoring format, team count and quarterback slots; they are not custom league scoring." ], "metric_definitions": { "proj": "Full-season preseason projected fantasy points in the selected format; not points remaining or this week's forecast.", "adp": "Stored average draft position; historical draft-market context, not a current trade price.", "ytd.ppg": "Observed fantasy points per game in the selected format. Read ytd.g and the observed/completed weeks; partial weeks can make totals uneven.", "tgt_share": "Share of team targets in the player's observed games, matched by season, week and team, including recorded zero-target appearances. Byes and missing appearances do not count as zero games.", "ros_ppg": "Estimated points per unstarted game through Week 17 in the selected format. Uses captured Sleeper future stat lines where present and a model fallback where absent. Not a weekly start/sit recommendation.", "projection": "Future-source provenance: source, captured_at, covered_weeks, missing_weeks and remaining_games. Missing weeks use fallback; null remaining_games means the schedule is not verified.", "value": "Rest-of-season value above positional replacement in model comparison units, not projected fantasy points or trade acceptance probability.", "xfp": "Expected rushing and receiving half-PPR points from observed opportunity. Excludes passing, fumbles and scoring bonuses regardless of selected scoring.", "xfp_diff": "Observed rushing/receiving half-PPR points minus xFP for matching covered weeks. Unavailable when opportunity and production coverage differ; not proof of future regression." }, "access": { "public": true, "pro_url": "https://footballquants.com/app", "connect_url": "https://footballquants.com/connect" }, "player": { "sleeper_id": "12498", "name": "Mason Taylor", "team": "NYJ", "pos": "TE", "age": 22, "exp": 1, "injury": null, "rookie": false, "value": 0.0, "ros_ppg": 5.68, "games_left": 9, "projection": { "ros_ppg": 5.677111111111112, "source": "sleeper_future", "captured_at": "2026-10-31T23:31:38.044520+00:00", "covered_weeks": [ 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17 ], "missing_weeks": [], "remaining_games": 9 }, "proj": 76, "adp": 667.6, "adp_pr": 201, "ly": { "pts": 64.9, "g": 13, "through_week": 14, "passing_yards": 0.0, "passing_tds": 0.0, "interceptions": 0.0, "carries": 0.0, "rushing_yards": 0.0, "rushing_tds": 0.0, "targets": 65.0, "receptions": 44.0, "receiving_yards": 369.0, "receiving_tds": 1.0, "passing_first_downs": 0.0, "rushing_first_downs": 0.0, "receiving_first_downs": 23.0, "fumbles_lost": 0.0, "tgt_share": 18.5, "ppg": 4.99, "ypc": null, "ypt": 5.7, "ypr": 8.4, "catch_pct": 67.7, "total_yd": 369.0, "ypg": 28.4, "touches": 44.0, "first_downs": 23.0, "xfp": 79.4, "xfp_diff": -14.5, "xfp_through_week": 14, "xfp_coverage": "complete" }, "adv": { "snap_pct": 81.1, "pass_time_to_throw": null, "pass_adot": null, "pass_aggressiveness": null, "pass_cpoe": null, "pass_air_to_sticks": null, "pass_rating": null, "rush_stacked_box_pct": null, "rush_time_to_los": null, "rush_ryoe_per_att": null, "rush_efficiency": null, "rush_pct_over_expected": null, "rec_avg_separation": 3.26, "rec_avg_cushion": 6.05, "rec_adot": 6.01, "rec_air_share": 11.92, "rec_yac_above_exp": -0.26, "rec_catch_pct": 67.69, "rec_drops": 8.0, "rec_broken_tackles": 0.0, "rush_ybc_att": null, "rush_yac_att": null, "rush_broken_tackles": null, "pass_pressured_pct": null, "pass_bad_throw_pct": null, "rec_drop_pct": 12.3 }, "ytd": { "pts": 30.7, "g": 4, "through_week": 7, "passing_yards": 0.0, "passing_tds": 0.0, "interceptions": 0.0, "carries": 0.0, "rushing_yards": 0.0, "rushing_tds": 0.0, "targets": 18.0, "receptions": 14.0, "receiving_yards": 117.0, "receiving_tds": 2.0, "passing_first_downs": 0.0, "rushing_first_downs": 0.0, "receiving_first_downs": 6.0, "fumbles_lost": 0.0, "tgt_share": 16.4, "ppg": 7.67, "ypc": null, "ypt": 6.5, "ypr": 8.4, "catch_pct": 77.8, "total_yd": 117.0, "ypg": 29.2, "touches": 14.0, "first_downs": 6.0, "xfp": 25.6, "xfp_diff": 5.1, "xfp_through_week": 7, "xfp_coverage": "complete" }, "adv_ytd": { "snap_pct": 57.8, "pass_time_to_throw": null, "pass_adot": null, "pass_aggressiveness": null, "pass_cpoe": null, "pass_air_to_sticks": null, "pass_rating": null, "rush_stacked_box_pct": null, "rush_time_to_los": null, "rush_ryoe_per_att": null, "rush_efficiency": null, "rush_pct_over_expected": null, "rec_avg_separation": null, "rec_avg_cushion": null, "rec_adot": null, "rec_air_share": null, "rec_yac_above_exp": null, "rec_catch_pct": null, "rec_drops": 0.0, "rec_broken_tackles": 0.0, "rush_ybc_att": null, "rush_yac_att": null, "rush_broken_tackles": null, "pass_pressured_pct": null, "pass_bad_throw_pct": null, "rec_drop_pct": 0.0 } }, "profile": { "sleeper_id": "12498", "season": 2026, "as_of": "2026-11-01T02:31:02.301032+00:00", "freshness": { "writeup": "preseason_context", "news": "stale", "news_inference": "current", "injury_outlook": "stale", "note": "Preseason reads are historical context. News dates describe the latest captured story, not a verified current availability report." }, "writeup": "Almost everything about Mason Taylor's rookie year says the role was real and the results lagged it. He played 81 percent of the snaps, drew five targets a game and a 13.8 percent target share, top-quartile usage at the position, and turned it into 5.7 yards per target, last among qualified tight ends. His gap of minus 14.5 points between actual and expected scoring was the largest underperformance of any qualified TE, built from a position-worst 12.3 percent drop rate, zero broken tackles, and about half a yard less YAC per catch than expected. Usage-based scoring valued the role at 79 points and he banked 65. For a 22-year-old coming off an every-down role the rebound case is straightforward, and the projection at TE32 mostly pays him for the same volume with ordinary hands. The environment tempers it, since the Jets carry an 18.9 average implied total, 30th in the league, so even clean regression lands on a small pie. In half-PPR he goes around pick 218 and I'd take that shot over most names in the range, though standard drafters already charge TE27 for him, so the discount only exists in reception formats.", "writeup_generated_at": "2026-07-22T02:44:42.345573+00:00", "news": { "digest": "Mason Taylor (thumb) to return Sunday — Taylor has missed each of the last two weeks due to a thumb injury, but the second-year TE will be back for Sunday's game. Jeremy Ruckert and Jelani Woods figure to see fewer snaps as a result. ", "latest_at": "2026-10-09T14:58:32+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-09T19:00:23.252053+00:00", "llm_sentiment": 1, "llm_injury_trajectory": 1, "llm_severity": 2, "llm_weeks_out": 0.0, "llm_offfield_risk": 0, "llm_key_phrases": "thumb injury; return sunday; missed two weeks; fewer snaps; second-year te", "llm_role_change": 0, "llm_usage_outlook": 1, "llm_team_context": 1, "llm_relevance": 0.9, "llm_inferred_at": "2026-10-09T19:09:52.142316+00:00", "llm_model": "gpt-oss-120b", "inference_status": "current" }, "injury_outlook": null, "injury_outlook_last_captured": { "status": "absent", "exp_miss_next6": 4.563580908816535, "as_of": "2026-10-12", "source": "curves-v1" } } } ```