Elijah Arroyo · Mason Taylor · 2026 week 3

Elijah Arroyo or Mason Taylor?

Wondering who you should start this week — Elijah Arroyo or Mason Taylor? The start/sit call and the numbers behind it are below, plus who wins a straight-up trade. Rebuilt nightly.

Start Mason Taylor — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.3 points. The matchup leans Mason Taylor (DET allow the 1st-most TE points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 3	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Elijah Arroyo	@ WAS	3.2	2nd · soft	2.7	–	healthy
Mason Taylor START	@ DET	3.5	1st · soft	1.8	–	Questionable

TEs vs WAS recently: Dallas Goedert 19.7 pts (W1) · Jake Ferguson 16.3 pts (W2).

TEs vs DET recently: Juwan Johnson 11.4 pts (W1) · Dalton Kincaid 15.5 pts (W2).

Who wins a straight-up trade?

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

Open in Start/Sit (any scoring) Open in the Trade Analyzer

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All numbers are the 2026 season, refreshed nightly.