Scouting report · TE · Houston

Zaire Mitchell-Paden

TE80 in IDP dynasty, right in the prime of the curve.

#935 overall · age 27 · undrafted · 5th season

HOUTight end · TE80

Half PPR points a game

0.92025

Current outlook

This week · week 8 · Half PPR

0.0

No game this week

Bye · injury data read Sun, Nov 1, 5:35 p.m. ET

Swindlr's season form: Sleeper has no projection for him this week

Rest of season · redraft half ppr

#321 · TE75

Value 368 · 12 teams · see it

Dynasty · Dynasty IDP

#935 · TE80

Value 427 · 12 teams

LatestNo Swindlr analysis on him in the last three weeks.

Dynasty value · Dynasty IDP

427

▼ 29 · last 3 weeks of games

Rank

#935 · TE80

Overall · position

Projected / game

5.5

No games yet

Age

27

5 seasons in

In a year

Same

421 · about #916 next year

Value through each week · 2026 · Dynasty IDP

Recalculated: today's model on the games through each week, valued at today's point in the season. It shows what each week's games did to his value, not the values Swindlr showed at the time.

Swindlr records its published values weekly from Oct 28, 2026; they'll appear here as a record beside this chart.

Every format

12-team leagues. Tap a format to see him in it.

Where his value comes from · Dynasty IDP

This season 4%Next two seasons 21%Later 76%

His projection (5.5 a game) doesn't clear a replacement-level tight end yet, so his value is all upside: the model's allowance for him becoming more than that, which it makes wider the further ahead it looks. It's the least certain part of any value.

Splits

Regular season · week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

SeasonGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDRush ydsHalf PPR / G
202533217000.9

What he's worth in a trade

Dynasty IDP

Equal value today · Swindlr's estimate

Not real trades: packages that land within a few percent of Zaire's value in Dynasty IDP now. A two-for-one shows the pair's total less the roster spot the second player takes, as the calculator counts it. Open one to see who wins it.

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Values are Swindlr's estimates for 12-team leagues, updated with every week's stats (through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)). "In a year" is the same production a year older, on the age curve the model is tuned with; news, role changes and the next rookie class aren’t in it. Stats: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0).

Stats from Sleeper’s weekly stat lines, regular season, through week 8 of 2026 (in progress) (nflverse’s box scores fill a week Sleeper lacks); teams and injuries from Sleeper, Nov 1. Where the numbers come from.