TE · #85 · New York Jets · week 9 vs Kansas City Chiefs · Sun Nov 8 · 1:00 PM ET
Mason Taylor
TYPE Receiving TE
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2025 · R2 P42
EXP 1 season
AGE under 25
DEPTH TE1
98%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 9, Mason Taylor was a TE for NYJ, age 22.3, 1 season of experience, drafted in round 2. In 2026 through week 8 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 6 games on 58% of snaps; his line was 27.2 receiving yards a game, 4.6 targets a game and a 16.3% target share (Receiving TE by the published rule). Before 2026 he played 13 games (postseason included) over 1 season. His injury history held 4 episodes (ankle 1, hand 1, neck 1), 2 of them reaching OUT; the last was a hand injury in 2026 week 5.
Every call we wrote for him in week 9, earliest first, as written.
In short
Mason Taylor is a starter at tight end for NYJ — 66% of the snaps in his best week of 7. He has a back injury. His team named him inactive in weeks 3 and 4. In week 9 he practised limited, then practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 98%, in a band that plays 94% of the time. We have said PLAY since 92 hours before kickoff. We called him PLAY in week 3 and he did not play.
The reader concurs · grade C
P1 places tight end Mason Taylor (back) as a limited participant in the mid-week practice, which is practice-axis evidence and not a Sunday game status. No passage I was given addresses his Sunday designation, his expected role, or whether he will sit, so nothing contradicts the PLAY call.
What the read cites
What was reported
Source
1
“tight end Mason Taylor (back), and linebacker Trevin Wallace (groin) were limited participants.”
Pro Football Talk · 2026-11-04
The reader's full reasoning
The rest of the reading
The case card's FP final and last-game sit are real sit-risk signals that P1 does not overtake, and the lookback injury reason is from September and is history, not this game.
17versions in week 9
12average, every player
54most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Thu Nov 5 · 2:40 AM ET · 82 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 86% → 99%, Thu Nov 5 · 4:06 PM ET to Thu Nov 5 · 4:40 PM ET, with no club report in between.
Our call
Injury report
Our call · week 9
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
98% · EXPECTED
we expect him to play — this band plays 94% of the time (92–96%), measured out of fold. We stand behind this one.
Practice in week 9
Fri
Thu
Wed
FPdated Fri Nov 6
FPdated Fri Nov 6
LPdated Fri Nov 6
Shape of the week: improving. Only days the publisher dated are shown; a day we could not date is left out until the nightly sweep stamps it. The shape is a fact, not a forecast.
Head start
Our call
Kickoff
The evidence behind his current call
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Rec yds / game25 range -2.0–62
wk 1–9 · 6 games
Targets / game4.2 range 2.0–6.0
wk 1–9 · 6 games
Target share14.6% range 7–21
wk 1–9 · 6 games
Snap share59.0% range 46–66
wk 1–9 · 7 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
66%wk 1
46%wk 2
59%wk 5
55%wk 6
63%wk 7
61%wk 8
63%wk 9
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
4
2
Only the weeks he was on the injury report with a recorded result — not every game of his career.
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2026 · wk 9
back
1
—
2026 · wk 3
hand
3
Out
2025 · wk 15
neck
4
Out
2025 · wk 8
quad
2
Questionable
2025 · wk 2
ankle
2
Questionable
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 5 episodes · 12 weeks on a report
2025
neck · 4wquad · 2wankle · 2w
2026
back · 1whand · 3w
Weeks 1–18
ruled out
questionable
listed, and played
Each bar is one episode: the week it began and how many weeks he was on a report, coloured by the worst status.
The rest of his team's report in week 9
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Demario Davis
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
David Onyemata
DT
UNK
team's word
—
Tim Patrick
WR
UNK
team's word
Out
Harrison Phillips
DT
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Tre Brown
CB
UNK
ours
PLAY
71%
LIKELY
Joseph Ossai
DE
LTD
team's word
Out
Nahshon Wright
CB
DNP
team's word
Out
Marcelino McCrary-Ball
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Garrett Wilson
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
Max Mitchell
T
UNK
team's word
IR
Breece Hall
RB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Kohl Levao
G
UNK
team's word
Out
Blake Freeland
OT
UNK
team's word
Out
Trevin Wallace
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
T'Vondre Sweat
DT
UNK
team's word
IR
Tyler Baron
DE
UNK
team's word
Out
David Bailey
DE
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Anez Cooper
G
UNK
team's word
—
VJ Payne
S
FULL
team's word
Out
The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.
The evidence behind his earlier calls
The evidence behind the call made Wed Nov 4 · 5:15 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Nov 5 · 2:40 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Nov 5 · 6:06 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Nov 5 · 11:06 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Nov 5 · 4:06 PM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Nov 5 · 4:40 PM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Nov 5 · 4:58 PM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Nov 5 · 5:10 PM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Fri Nov 6 · 3:10 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Fri Nov 6 · 6:06 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Fri Nov 6 · 11:06 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Fri Nov 6 · 4:06 PM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Nov 7 · 6:02 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Nov 7 · 11:06 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Nov 7 · 4:06 PM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sun Nov 8 · 6:06 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sun Nov 8 · 11:02 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
Role
Call history
The data behind this page — the timeline in words, every call and week on record, about him, and what this page does not show
Built from: honors.db; nflverse injuries_2026.csv; medical.db; nflverse players.csv; profile.db; nflverse roster_2026.csv; nflverse roster_weekly_2026.csv; nflverse snap_counts_2026.csv; nflverse stats_player_week_2026.csv. Every number in it is one those sources hold.
a starter at tight end — 66% of the snaps in his best week of 7
Listed on the depth chart
first at tight end
Snaps played
59% a week on average over 7 weeks, 66% at his highest, 5% on special teams
Build
6 ft 5 in · 251 lb
College
LSU
Drafted
2025, round 2 pick 42, by NYJ
Age
under 25 at the season's start
Experience
1 season
When this call was made, and when the world knew
WrittenWe first said PLAY.
PublicOur call became public when the week settled.
KickoffKickoff.
How our call moved, earliest first
When
Lead
Call
Chance he plays
Band
On what
Wed Nov 4 · 5:15 PM ET
92 h
PLAY
79%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Thu Nov 5 · 2:40 AM ET
82 h
PLAY
86%
EXPECTED
after his team's announcement
Thu Nov 5 · 6:06 AM ET
79 h
PLAY
86%
EXPECTED
after his team's announcement
Thu Nov 5 · 11:06 AM ET
74 h
PLAY
86%
EXPECTED
after his team's announcement
Thu Nov 5 · 4:06 PM ET
69 h
PLAY
86%
EXPECTED
after his team's announcement
Thu Nov 5 · 4:40 PM ET
68 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Nov 5 · 4:58 PM ET
68 h
PLAY
86%
EXPECTED
our news-aware reading (a blend that keeps at least half our own number and never changes our call), switched on for this week
Thu Nov 5 · 5:10 PM ET
68 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Nov 6 · 3:10 AM ET
58 h
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Nov 6 · 6:06 AM ET
55 h
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Nov 6 · 11:06 AM ET
50 h
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Nov 6 · 4:06 PM ET
45 h
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 6:02 AM ET
31 h
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 11:06 AM ET
26 h
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 4:06 PM ET
21 h
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 8 · 6:06 AM ET
7 h
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 8 · 11:02 AM ET
2 h
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
17 calls in week 9, and the call never flipped between PLAY and SIT. Each lead time is the one that call actually had when it was written — never recounted from now. A call that changes is the record working: new evidence arrived and we said so, in public, before the game.
What would change this read
What would change this read
The club's Saturday 2026-11-07 injury report: Taylor's Sunday designation (Questionable, Probable, or not listed) and whether it lists Back
Friday 2026-11-06 club practice report, to settle whether his final day was Full (club window) or FP (case card practice.final)
Aaron Glenn's press-conference remarks from 2026-11-05 to 2026-11-07 on Taylor's back and expected Sunday role
The reason Taylor was sat in his last game (week of 2026-11-02 or earlier): injury or snap share, since the case card lists last_game.status as sat
The published Thursday 2026-11-05 practice report, to confirm the Limited status the case card states
We went and found out more
Rank 1 (listed first on his depth chart), 12 documents deep, because: llm_unsure. Fetched 12 of 12.
Named inactive in week 3
The team's own list (thumb). We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.
Named inactive in week 4
The team's own list. We held it after kickoff, so it could NOT have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.