TE Mason Taylor, NYJ (2 Viewers)

[socrates]

Mason Taylor deserves his own thread. He has NFL Bloodlines and is a rising prospect in this class. He is the son of Hall-of-Fame DE Jason Taylor, and his uncle is Hall of Fame LB Zach Thomas. I currently have ranked him as my TE3 behind Warren and Loveland, but he is rapidly moving up toward that tier, IMO.

Scouting Report

Scouting Combine

 

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[King of the Jungle]

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[socrates]

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I currently have Taylor as a late-Round Two Fantasy Rookie pick, but I suspect when it is all said and done, he will be drafted in the top half of Round Two. The hope of getting him later is drying up, I fear.

 

[King of the Jungle]

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I currently have Taylor as a late-Round Two Fantasy Rookie pick, but I suspect when it is all said and done, he will be drafted in the top half of Round Two. The hope of getting him later is drying up, I fear.

@menobrown was posting positively about him awhile ago which caused me to take a closer look. I am almost to the point where I wouldn’t be shocked if he were the 1st or 2nd TE off the board. I personally like Warren at number one, however I think Taylor should be in the conversation with Loveland at two.

 

[Faust]

Mason Taylor 2025 NFL Draft: Scouting Report For LSU Tigers TE

2025 NFL Draft scouting report: Mason Taylor, TE, LSU

Mason Taylor vs. Jason Taylor Combine performances: How LSU TE compares to NFL legend father

Baldinger: LSU TE Mason Taylor 'has some Travis Kelce to him' in his game | 'The Insiders'

 

[Faust]

@NFL
Mason Taylor, son of HOFer @JasonTaylor, ran a picturesque gauntlet drill

: #NFLCombine on @NFLNetwork
: Stream on @NFLPlus

https://x.com/nfl/status/1895645823536361879?s=61

NFL Draft Files
Mason Taylor is an every-down tight end that can immediately impact an NFL team.

He is a big bodied pass catcher who wins at all three levels, at the catch point, and had just a 1.8% drop rate in 2024. He can also run and pass block inline.

High upside worth a day 2 pick.

https://x.com/nfl_df/status/1880638999855071518?s=61

Michael Detillier
@LSUfootball TE. Mason Taylor is a tremendous competitor.
Taylor catches the ball w/great ease, he has excellent length to catch ’s outside his body range & runs hard after the catch.
Also a good inline blocker.
Very focused young man
Late 1st/very early 2nd round projection

https://x.com/mikedetillier/status/1895868073464455458?s=61

 

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Mason Taylor Draft and Combine Prospect Profile (NFL.com)

 

[JohnnyU]

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I currently have Taylor as a late-Round Two Fantasy Rookie pick, but I suspect when it is all said and done, he will be drafted in the top half of Round Two. The hope of getting him later is drying up, I fear.

@menobrown was posting positively about him awhile ago which caused me to take a closer look. I am almost to the point where I wouldn’t be shocked if he were the 1st or 2nd TE off the board. I personally like Warren at number one, however I think Taylor should be in the conversation with Loveland at two.

I suppose need to learn more. From what I do know, Loveland is closer to Warren than Mason.

 

[King of the Jungle]

Quiet

Please keep it that way.

I currently have Taylor as a late-Round Two Fantasy Rookie pick, but I suspect when it is all said and done, he will be drafted in the top half of Round Two. The hope of getting him later is drying up, I fear.

@menobrown was posting positively about him awhile ago which caused me to take a closer look. I am almost to the point where I wouldn’t be shocked if he were the 1st or 2nd TE off the board. I personally like Warren at number one, however I think Taylor should be in the conversation with Loveland at two.

I suppose need to learn more. From what I do know, Loveland is closer to Warren than Mason.

Full disclosure…I have no idea what I doing and I do not suggest anyone follows my amateur feelings as advice.

 

[socrates]

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Please keep it that way.

I currently have Taylor as a late-Round Two Fantasy Rookie pick, but I suspect when it is all said and done, he will be drafted in the top half of Round Two. The hope of getting him later is drying up, I fear.

@menobrown was posting positively about him awhile ago which caused me to take a closer look. I am almost to the point where I wouldn’t be shocked if he were the 1st or 2nd TE off the board. I personally like Warren at number one, however I think Taylor should be in the conversation with Loveland at two.

I suppose need to learn more. From what I do know, Loveland is closer to Warren than Mason.

I think Loveland's dynasty value is nearly equal to Warren's. While I currently have Mason Taylor a full round later in my rankings, I am not sure he shouldn't be in the TE Tier One conversation. Neither Taylor nor Loveland has Warren's elite productivity, but TE college productivity is not nearly as important to me as RB or WR college productivity as a predictive measure of NFL success.

 

[menobrown]

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Yeah, I held back for bit on talking about him and wondered if I had said to much, lol.

But way I see it when I'm doing my rookie drafts he'll be on everyone's radar since at that point I expect his high draft stock to be known. And in redraft I'm 4 for 4 on drafting him this year so already got a good sized filling of Taylor on those teams, which are all 1.5 PPR TEP.

On that note some feedback I've heard:

*mentioned this yesterday but what got him on my radar was Jim Nagy who did an interview before the Senior Bowl and spoke about him a few minutes with the most eye opening comment saying he thought before all was said and done he had a shot to be the first TE taken in the draft. The other eye opening comment he had on him was he said last year when teams went to LSU's pro day to look at Nabers and Thomas that Taylor participated and stole the show.

*after his combine performance both Bucky Brooks and Zierlien on a podcast labeled him a "riser" and thought he had a great shot to sneak into round one. They were both impressed with all of his drills, even said the way he moved the sled was "just different" and one of them noted that he would still be 20 on draft night and still had room to keep growing his frame.

*Dane Brugler on a podcast after the combine was asked if he had like any other thoughts he wanted to share and he brought up Taylor first, said he crushed the combine, could not find a single team with anything who had a negative thing to say about him and also said he thought he had a great shot to go round one.

*on slight negative note Daniel Jeremiah lowered him one spot in his top 50 after the combine. Probably had more to do with rising up other players, and still had him high, like 36 or 37 overall I think. Brugler has him about the same range in his top 100 but his was before the combine. Saw Nate Tice put out a top player list yesterday and it was almost identical.

That's what I've been hearing. Does not make a big deal to me if he's round one or not. Well no deal really. This class is deep on the lines and edge and that's a more premium position so that might push him back though for sure the two teams currently picking 31 and 32 could use a TE of the future. In fact if he fell to the Chargers in late round 2 I'd be pretty happy. Either way he's going to go high and despite his age and TE's sometimes taking time he's actually extremely polished and NFL ready. A true Y with pass catching skills. Only thing that I think keeps him from being an every down player form the jump is if he goes to a team like I just mentioned, KC or Philly, teams with incumbents on last year of their deals.

My only real question is the upside, will he just fall into that wide mass of similar or inconsistent producing TE's or be someone of legit tangible value at the4 position. I only play almost entirely in 1.5 TEP league and his odds are of course higher for success in this format.

 

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Fantasy Football: TE Mason Taylor's 2025 NFL Draft player profile

 

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Nate Tice
Mason Taylor (#86) receptions against Florida

Taylor is a smooth athlete at TE that nicely transitions in and out of his route breaks and can really eat up ground with his strides.

https://x.com/nate_tice/status/1909988372648710352?s=61

Benjamin Solak
I like Mason Taylor as a flex TE a fair bit. Good fluidity for his size and understands how to run routes to create separation. Makes some nice out-of-frame catches, too.

Reminds me of Tyler Higbee.

https://x.com/benjaminsolak/status/1904965182201147769?s=61

@scoutdnfl
Mason Taylor (TE - LSU) is an immediate contributor with a long career ahead of him.

• Size: 6’5, 251 lbs
• Natural separator + fluid athlete
• Open-space YAC threat
• Traditional prototype + versatility

https://x.com/scoutdnfl/status/1904974810133717405?s=61

Dave Kluge
I can’t stop gushing over this rookie tight end class.

Mason Taylor is still just 20 years old. He’s got an NFL frame and shocking fluidity.

It’s not every day you see a guy who’s 6’5” and can move like this.

https://x.com/davekluge/status/1904882727712940257?s=61

 

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Brian Baldinger
.@LSUfootball TE, Mason Taylor, has net with all 32 teams....He is your Flex Tight End at next level. Could be the next @ZERTZ_86 or more??? #geauxtigers #nfldraft #BaldysBreakdowns

https://x.com/baldynfl/status/1899092501366985172?s=61

Jordan Reid
#LSU TE Mason Taylor is a smooth route runner with great hands. Three traits that show why he’ll be an early second round target for teams in need of a versatile TE.

https://x.com/jordan_reid/status/1905348731794587751?s=61

Kent Lee Platte
Mason Taylor is a TE prospect in the 2025 draft class. He scored a 8.88 #RAS out of a possible 10.00. This ranked 150 out of 1331 TE from 1987 to 2025.

ras.football/ras-informatio…

https://x.com/mathbomb/status/1906435052767956994?s=61

 

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Anthony DiBona
Did Daniel Jeremiah inadvertently leak a potential conversation with Howie Roseman about LSU TE Mason Taylor?

Jeremiah was a west coast scout under Roseman for three seasons in Philadelphia.

Credit to @uncommoncurtiss for sharing this clip with me from “The Mina Kimes Show.”

https://x.com/dibonanfl/status/1914387106547556577?s=61

 

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What NFL Network's Daniel Jeremiah said about Mason Taylor ahead of 2025 NFL Draft

 

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Field Yates
Nick Saban says not landing new Jets TE Mason Taylor was "the biggest recruiting mistake we ever made" during his time at Alabama.

"This guy is an outstanding player."

High praise.

https://x.com/fieldyates/status/1915918941441888503?s=61

 

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Mason Taylor Fantasy Outlook: Instant Reaction

 

[Soulfly3]

Ended up on my roster as a 3rd rnd pick in a TE premium league.
Anyone with a bunch of insight?

 

[JohnnyU]

To me it's hard deciding between all the TEs after Colston and Warren. I initially liked Fannin at #3, but not a big fan of his landing spot. I liked the landiing spot for Arroyo and Taylor, but I don't trust the QB for the Jets. Then Terrance Ferguson comes into the picture with the Rams and that's a good landing spot, but I initially had him as the 6th best TE. See what I mean?

 

[greenmountaingoat]

Waldman is a pretty big fan. I was bummed that he went 3 picks before me.

I got triple sniped last night. three guys in my queue were Arroyo, Taylor and Blue. I now own a share of Jalin Noel at 3.04 due to wisdom of the crowds draft strategy. No idea who this guy is but I'm now a fan. Yay? On top of multiple attempts at moving up and lots of clock milking by league mates...

Back to Taylor, for me the film eval that Waldman gave plus the wide open pass catching role on the Jets had me pretty positive.

I'm not sure if I'm just a Fields "true believer" because I've had a share of him for so long but anecdotally, it seems like between the time he spent being a good QB in college and being able to feed Kmet and DJ Moore for long stretches (Fields injury derailed what would have otherwise been an excellent year for DJM in 2023 IIRC). I'm hoping that rekindling a relationship with Garret Wilson will fuel an increase in his (Fields) confidence as a decision maker. Fields' biggest issue has been the confidence to pull the trigger. He's a hard worker, leader, super talented. It's the micro timing aspect of the decision to rip it (in my humble opinion).

 

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Baldy's Breakdown | Rookie TE Mason Taylor Film Review

Executive Shares 'Unfiltered' Thoughts On Jets' Mason Taylor

 

[oldmanhawkins]

Taylor seems to be overshadowed by the round 1 rookies and I’m not sure why. Seems to me that almost every year there are teams willing to use first rounders on TEs as sort of luxury picks while other teams find similar talent slipping to the 2nd round. I like Taylor at ADP a lot more than Loveland/warren.

 

[JohnnyU]

Taylor seems to be overshadowed by the round 1 rookies and I’m not sure why. Seems to me that almost every year there are teams willing to use first rounders on TEs as sort of luxury picks while other teams find similar talent slipping to the 2nd round. I like Taylor at ADP a lot more than Loveland/warren.

Can't love that QB situation though.

 

[Soulfly3]

Taylor seems to be overshadowed by the round 1 rookies and I’m not sure why. Seems to me that almost every year there are teams willing to use first rounders on TEs as sort of luxury picks while other teams find similar talent slipping to the 2nd round. I like Taylor at ADP a lot more than Loveland/warren.

Can't love that QB situation though.

They say his QB loves to use TEs tho... How true that is, I dont know

 

[Wigglytuff's Gruff]

Can't love that QB situation though

Compared to the QB situation in Indy?

Or that Loveland might be the 5th option on his team?

Doesn't seem such a concern to me.

 

[JohnnyU]

Can't love that QB situation though

Compared to the QB situation in Indy?

Or that Loveland might be the 5th option on his team?

Doesn't seem such a concern to me.

Actually I think most of us here didn't like the Warren or Lovelace landing spots.

 

[oldmanhawkins]

Can't love that QB situation though

Compared to the QB situation in Indy?

Or that Loveland might be the 5th option on his team?

Doesn't seem such a concern to me.

Actually I think most of us here didn't like the Warren or Lovelace landing spots.

When I’m looking at TE, I usually just want to know if the player can get to 100+ targets. If so, it doesn’t matter much to me where they are coming from. I don’t expect that from Taylor as a rookie or anything, but they are there for the taking. Not sure you can say that about Indy and Chicago.

 

[JohnnyU]

Can't love that QB situation though

Compared to the QB situation in Indy?

Or that Loveland might be the 5th option on his team?

Doesn't seem such a concern to me.

Actually I think most of us here didn't like the Warren or Lovelace landing spots.

When I’m looking at TE, I usually just want to know if the player can get to 100+ targets. If so, it doesn’t matter much to me where they are coming from. I don’t expect that from Taylor as a rookie or anything, but they are there for the taking. Not sure you can say that about Indy and Chicago.

I look for Warren to get about 8 targets a game, but it doesn't do any good if only 3 of them are catchable. He instantly become a main target at the expense of Pittman IMO.

 

[barackdhouse]

Welcome aboard, paired with Fields on my FFPC TriFlex squad @ 2.09 - and definitely a big need on this squad. Only Ferguson (DAL), Henry, Mayer and Kmet behind him. Probably end up cutting Kmet and Mayer and starting Henry until Ferguson truly washes out or shows up (I think he gets one more good chance this year) or until Mason Taylor really starts balling.

It's tough to hold rookie TEs in FFPC regardless of what round you drafted them in. 2.09 isn't bad though. Really need them to show something their rookie year.

 

[Buckna]

He'll be a great weapon for whichever QB the Jets draft next year

 

[oldmanhawkins]

Can't love that QB situation though

Compared to the QB situation in Indy?

Or that Loveland might be the 5th option on his team?

Doesn't seem such a concern to me.

Actually I think most of us here didn't like the Warren or Lovelace landing spots.

When I’m looking at TE, I usually just want to know if the player can get to 100+ targets. If so, it doesn’t matter much to me where they are coming from. I don’t expect that from Taylor as a rookie or anything, but they are there for the taking. Not sure you can say that about Indy and Chicago.

I look for Warren to get about 8 targets a game, but it doesn't do any good if only 3 of them are catchable. He instantly become a main target at the expense of Pittman IMO.

8 as a rookie is pretty unheard of, but you could be right if the colts make a concerted effort to scheme him the ball. And they could, if for no other reason than to justify the investment.

 

[joey]

Welcome aboard, paired with Fields on my FFPC TriFlex squad @ 2.09 - and definitely a big need on this squad. Only Ferguson (DAL), Henry, Mayer and Kmet behind him. Probably end up cutting Kmet and Mayer and starting Henry until Ferguson truly washes out or shows up (I think he gets one more good chance this year) or until Mason Taylor really starts balling.

It's tough to hold rookie TEs in FFPC regardless of what round you drafted them in. 2.09 isn't bad though. Really need them to show something their rookie year.

Same exact draft spot for me. 2.09 in our SharkPool FFPC 1QB TEP league.
I have old and old-ish TEs on this team with Kelce, Goedert and Jonnu. Seemed like good value at that point.
Welcome aboard, Mason.

 

[Soulfly3]

The more I look at it, this guy seems to be every bit as talented as the rest of the guys, and while still landing on the jets, seems to be as good a situation (or better) than the others