The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast on Michael Mayer

Podcast1124: Mailbag - Jadarian Price's Debut, Michael Mayer's Outlook, and MoreSeptember 11, 2026

From the episode

Mayer is a good player among tight ends last year with 200 or more routes run. He's 6th in targets per route run. Bowers missed four fantasy relevant games last year. In those contests, Mayer averaged 12 PPR points per game.

Mentioned at 18:46 – 20:00

STACKED’s take

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Mayer is a must-add TE1 while Brock Bowers is sidelined.

With Brock Bowers sidelined, JJ Zachariason views Mayer as a must-add TE1. Mayer has historically performed well in this role, averaging 12 PPR points per game and maintaining high target-per-route-run rates when Bowers was out last season.