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Tyrod Taylor — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 9.91 points per game in 2025, usage worth 14.

37 years old · 15 seasons of experience · 2011 draft class

Updated 2026-08-16 · free, no account, no paywall
Every figure below comes from our database. Where a stat is not held, the row is absent rather than zero.

The offense he plays in, 2026

New York Jets returns 3 of 6 continuity slots, replacing qb1, te1, oc. Geno Smith at quarterback, Aaron Glenn as head coach, Frank Reich calling it. The offense projects to 32.8 pass attempts a game at low confidence and 26.6 rushes.

In: Geno Smith (qb), Cade Klubnik (qb2), Omar Cooper Jr (wr2), Irvin Charles (wr5), Mac Dalena (wr7), Kenyon Sadiq (te1). Out: Justin Fields (qb), John Metchie III (wr3), Tyler Johnson (wr4), Jeremy Ruckert (te2).

The projected target split across the offense:

Garrett Wilson22.9%
Omar Cooper Jr16.3%
Kenyon Sadiq14%
Breece Hall10.8%
Adonai Mitchell10.1%
Mason Taylor9.3%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

What the offense looks like: This is a tough offense for fantasy managers to be heavily invested in. An even worse spot for a rookie to be drafted to. Kenyon Sadiq has to be upset. Not only that, but he has to share the TE room with Mason Taylor, who was looking like he could become a top 15 TE. For Garrett Wilson and Breece Hall, realistically for a MASSIVE value spike, they both need to be traded. It will be tough to produce in NY.

Key additions: QB Geno Smith traded to Jets from Raiders. QB Cade Klubnik drafted 5th round, Kenyon Sadiq drafted 1st round 16th overall. WR Omar Cooper Jr. drafted 1st round 30th overall

Key departures: Justin Fields QB traded to Chiefs.

Notes: Fields traded. Jets bring in Geno Smith from Raiders who was AWFUL in Vegas last year. Could provide decent opportunity for Garrett Wilson (elite WR needs better QB play). Adonai Mitchell likely to play WR3 behind Omar Cooper Jr (round 1 pick). Will have to monitor closely to see. Drafted Kenyon Sadiq Round 1 TE (high ceiling but may take time to break out). Mason Taylor will likely be TE2 behind Sadiq but could be starter at beginning of season. Breece Hall lands HUGE extension 3 year $45 million deal. Keeping him in New York through 2028. The talent is there, but the offense has to be able to score for Breece to be productive.

How the volume number was reached: New QB Geno Smith, avg 31.9 att/g over 2025,2024; Regressed 53% toward league mean 33.5, floored at 30 → 32.8 att/g; New OC Frank Reich — pass rate and tempo may shift.

How the quarterback projection was built

Base case 106.7 PPR points, with a bear case of 16.2 and a bull case of 245.3, and a comp mean of 131.3. The model puts 25% probability on him beating this and 75% on falling short. Drawn from 20 comparable quarterback seasons.

Comparable seasonWhat he actually scoredDistance
Jay Cutler 2012168.60.3
Andy Dalton 2014244.20.4
Ryan Fitzpatrick 2012167.70.4
Matt Hasselbeck 201176.50.4
Chad Henne 201059.90.4

Cross-check against the dynasty market: his production ranks in the 3th percentile and his value in the 7th, which the engine reads as in line. Players with a similar production-against-value gap saw dynasty value move -13.4% over the following year, across 81 cases — a dynasty signal, not a 2026 scoring one.

Offensive environment: NYJ rates 18.8 against a league average of 23, 4.2 below it on opponent-adjusted least squares (multi-capture merge).

2026 schedule

Opponent-adjusted pass defense faced, against 2025 ratings. Positive is an easier slate.

Full season-3.2 · harder
Weeks 1–6+2.9 · easier
Weeks 12–17-5 · harder
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)-7.6 · harder

Read this narrowly. Our own testing found that season-long strength of schedule does not survive as a draft input — defensive quality is among the least stable team properties year to year, and a preseason slate is built on last year's identities. The playoff-weeks column is the only one we would let break a tie, and even then it is a tiebreaker rather than a reason. The finding.

What happened when he missed time

From the absence record rather than a depth chart — who actually gained when he was out.

SeasonGames missedMain beneficiaryTheir PPR gain
20252Justin Fields+16.9

Dynasty context not redraft

Everything in this section is about his dynasty trade value — what he is worth as a long-term asset in the trade market. It is not a forecast of his 2026 fantasy scoring. A player can be a fine redraft pick while his dynasty value falls, and the reverse. The redraft read is above; this is a different question with a different answer.

Where he sits in the dynasty value cycle

His dynasty value has moved +78.9% over the last twelve months. The market cycle classifies him as post-spike. The base rate that applies: after a +30% spike, QBs crash the following year 52% of the time (hold 48%). That puts the measured risk of his dynasty value falling sharply over the next year at 52% — a probability drawn from comparable historical seasons, not a prediction, and not a statement about his 2026 scoring.

For context on how long this lasts at the position: the average career at his position produces 2.8 elite seasons and 3.1 startable seasons.

The five most similar seasons, and what their dynasty value did next

Matched on production profile — blended production + pedigree. The last column is how that player’s dynasty value moved the following year — a market outcome, not a scoring one.

PlayerSeasonTheir PPGSimilarityNext year
Jacoby Brissett20221258%-8.9%
Mason Rudolph20241258%+15.9%
Jimmy Garoppolo20239.257%-61.6%
Gardner Minshew20249.656%-20.8%
Gardner Minshew202312.356%-9.5%

Of the 5 with a following season on record, 1 gained value, 4 lost it and 0 held roughly flat.

Four years of dynasty value

02,000202120222023202420252026
Monthly superflex value, 2020-06 to 2026-07. Down 53% across the series, peaking at 1,603.

The player

Draft capital and athletic profile

Height6′1″
Weight217 lb
40-yard dash4.47s
Vertical37.5″
Broad jump126″
3-cone6.78s
Shuttle4.09s

The record, season by season

2025 · NYJ · 6 games

His best game was Week 13 against ATL — 21.28 PPR on 0 targets and a 0% target share, in a game that finished 27-24. His worst was Week 14 against MIA at -1.76, on 0 targets, final score 10-34. Across 6 games he cleared 20 points 1 time and came in under 8 points 2 times. In the 3 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 13.4; in the 3 decided by more, 6.5. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 14 points per game. He scored 9.91, 29% below it. The engine classified the season as very_unlucky.

WkOppScorePPRYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
2BUF10-308.34032110%38%
3TB27-2916.68084820%100%
7CAR6-132.14031100%54%
12BAL10-2312.78051910%100%
13ATL27-2421.28084420%100%
14MIA10-34-1.7600000%10%

Production

Carries27
Rushing yards143
Touchdowns6
Points per game9.91
Yards per carry5.3

Role

Snap share67%
Target share0%
Air-yards share0%

Efficiency

Receiving EPA per game0
Rushing EPA per game0.9

Scoring position

Red-zone targets0
Red-zone target share0%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share5%
Expected receiving TDs0
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck0
Expected rushing TDs0.23

Who else ate

The offense threw it 493 times. 0 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Mason Taylor14.1%
Garrett Wilson12.8%
Adonai Mitchell12.58%
Breece Hall10.41%
John Metchie III9.54%
Isaiah Williams7.81%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 2 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Tyrod Taylor5012.240%
Brady Cook10-1.760%

Blowouts against close games

2 of his 6 games were blowouts, 11.1% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 3.29 in those and 13.37 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2024 · NYJ · 2 games

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 6.1 points per game. He scored 10.03, 64.4% above it. The engine classified the season as very_lucky.

WkOppScorePPRYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1SF19-326.14010%25%
17BUF14-4013.92020%37%

Production

Carries3
Rushing yards13
Touchdowns3
Points per game10.03
Yards per carry4.33

Role

Snap share31%
Target share0%
Air-yards share0%

Efficiency

Receiving EPA per game0
Rushing EPA per game-0.34

Scoring position

Red-zone targets0
Red-zone target share0%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share2.4%
Expected receiving TDs0
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck0
Expected rushing TDs0.14

Who else ate

The offense threw it 607 times. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Garrett Wilson25.98%
Davante Adams19.35%
Breece Hall12.9%
Tyler Conklin12.22%
Allen Lazard10.36%
Jeremy Ruckert4.75%

2023 · NYG · 10 games

His best game was Week 7 against WAS — 21.66 PPR on 0 targets and a 0% target share, in a game that finished 14-7. His worst was Week 3 against SF at 0.2, on 0 targets, final score 12-30. Across 10 games he cleared 20 points 1 time and came in under 8 points 5 times. In the 5 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 12.8; in the 5 decided by more, 4.7. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 10.5 points per game. He scored 8.73, 16.6% below it. The engine classified the season as unlucky.

WkOppScorePPRYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1DAL0-400.2400000%4%
3SF12-300.201200%6%
5MIA16-314.84031400%32%
6BUF9-1410.4052400%100%
7WAS14-721.66082520%100%
8NYJ10-133.62053300%33%
15NO6-240.5200000%6%
16PHI25-339.42022110%49%
17LA25-2618.76064010%100%
18PHI27-1017.68083810%94%

Production

Carries38
Rushing yards197
Touchdowns5
Points per game8.73
Yards per carry5.18

Role

Snap share52.4%
Target share0%
Air-yards share0%

Efficiency

Receiving EPA per game0
Rushing EPA per game-0.04

Scoring position

Red-zone targets0
Red-zone target share0%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share4.3%
Expected receiving TDs0
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck0
Expected rushing TDs0.15

Who else ate

The offense threw it 518 times. 3 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Darius Slayton16.32%
Wan'Dale Robinson16.12%
Darren Waller15.29%
Saquon Barkley12.4%
Jalin Hyatt8.26%
Isaiah Hodgins6.82%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 3 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Tyrod Taylor6013.590%
Daniel Jones301.760%
Tommy DeVito100.520%

Blowouts against close games

4 of his 10 games were blowouts, 21.3% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 4.66 in those and 12.77 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2022 · NYG · 2 games

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 3.6 points per game. He scored 5.66, 59.4% above it. The engine classified the season as low_volume.

WkOppScorePPRYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
4CHI20-121.44033000%18%
14PHI22-489.88024010%19%

Production

Carries5
Rushing yards70
Touchdowns1
Points per game5.66
Yards per carry14

Role

Snap share18.5%
Target share0%
Air-yards share0%

Efficiency

Receiving EPA per game0
Rushing EPA per game4.57

Scoring position

Red-zone targets0
Red-zone target share0%
End-zone target share0%
Expected receiving TDs0
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck0
Expected rushing TDs0

Who else ate

The offense threw it 520 times. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Saquon Barkley15.54%
Darius Slayton14.52%
Richie James14.31%
Isaiah Hodgins8.59%
Daniel Bellinger7.16%
Wan'Dale Robinson6.34%

Blowouts against close games

1 of his 2 games were blowouts, 87.3% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 9.88 in those and 1.44 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2021 · HOU · 6 games

His best game was Week 1 against JAX — 23.64 PPR on 0 targets and a 0% target share, in a game that finished 37-21. His worst was Week 13 against IND at 1.3, on 0 targets, final score 0-31. Across 6 games he cleared 20 points 1 time and came in under 8 points 2 times.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 13.5 points per game. He scored 13.62, 0.9% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1JAX37-2123.64044020%100%
2CLE21-3116.5011520%43%
9MIA9-175.9032300%100%
11TEN22-1319.08062820%100%
12NYJ14-2115.32023020%100%
13IND0-311.3031500%56%

Production

Carries19
Rushing yards151
Touchdowns8
Points per game13.62
Yards per carry7.95

Role

Snap share83.17%
Target share0%
Air-yards share0%

Efficiency

Receiving EPA per game0
Rushing EPA per game2.27

Scoring position

Red-zone targets0
Red-zone target share0%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share7.4%
Goal-line carry share6.7%
Expected receiving TDs0
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck0
Expected rushing TDs0.67

Who else ate

The offense threw it 546 times. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Brandin Cooks25.62%
Nico Collins11.47%
David Johnson8.03%
Danny Amendola7.27%
Chris Conley7.07%
Pharaoh Brown6.5%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 2 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Tyrod Taylor4015.980%
Davis Mills208.90%

Blowouts against close games

1 of his 6 games were blowouts, 1.6% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 1.3 in those and 10.61 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2020 · LAC · 2 games

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 18.8 points per game. He scored 4.51, 52% below it. The engine classified the season as very_unlucky.

WkOppScorePPRYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1CIN16-139.0206700%100%
9LV26-31000000%1%

Production

Carries6
Rushing yards7
Touchdowns0
Points per game4.51
Yards per carry1.17

Role

Snap share50.5%
Target share0%
Air-yards share0%

Efficiency

Receiving EPA per game0
Rushing EPA per game-3.23

Scoring position

Red-zone targets0
Red-zone target share0%
End-zone target share0%
Expected receiving TDs0
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck0
Expected rushing TDs0

Who else ate

The offense threw it 627 times. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Keenan Allen24.34%
Hunter Henry15.4%
Mike Williams14.07%
Austin Ekeler10.76%
Jalen Guyton9.11%
Kalen Ballage4.47%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 2 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Tyrod Taylor109.020%
Justin Herbert1000%
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