Cole Kmet · Mason Taylor · 2026 week 1

Cole Kmet or Mason Taylor?

Start Cole Kmet — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.3 points. The matchup leans Cole Kmet (CAR allow the 14th-most TE points), but you can defend either call.
PlayerWk 1Proj (PPR)MatchupForm L3Trade valueStatus
Cole Kmet START @ CAR 4.6 14th 4.2 – healthy
Mason Taylor @ TEN 4.3 11th 6.4 – healthy

TEs vs CAR recently: Cade Otton 1.5 pts (W16) · AJ Barner 10.3 pts (W17) · Cade Otton 15.4 pts (W18).

TEs vs TEN recently: Travis Kelce 0.6 pts (W16) · Juwan Johnson 9.5 pts (W17) · Brenton Strange 11.2 pts (W18).

Who wins a straight-up trade?

Their trade values are effectively even — a one-for-one is a fair swap on the numbers.

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Game logs, matchup ranks and form are the 2025 season — 2026 hasn’t kicked off. Projections, schedule and trade values are current 2026 numbers, refreshed nightly.