Should I start AJ Barner or Elijah Higgins in Week 7?

The market-based projections

AJ Barner's market-based projection is 6.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 107th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Elijah Higgins's market-based projection is 3.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 142nd highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on AJ Barner, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Elijah Higgins, and the board ranks him 170th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, AJ Barner has been on the field for 90 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 3 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 2.5 air yards.

In Week 4 against LAC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against SF he caught 3 of 5 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DEN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Elijah Higgins has been on the field for 39 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 40 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 3.5 air yards.

In Week 4 against NYG he caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against DET he caught 3 of 3 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 3 of 3 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 AJ Barner played 17 games and scored 147.3 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE14.

He caught 52 of 68 targets for 519 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Elijah Higgins played 17 games and scored 58.1 PPR points, 3.4 a game, finishing TE48.

He caught 30 of 37 targets for 301 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.2 targets a game, a 81 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 AJ Barner scored 8.7 PPR points a game and Elijah Higgins 3.4, 5.2 a game between them.

AJ Barner finished TE14 that year and Elijah Higgins TE48.

AJ Barner had 31 more targets than Elijah Higgins, 68 to 37.

AJ Barner had 218 more receiving yards than Elijah Higgins, 519 to 301.

This season AJ Barner holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 39 percent.

This season AJ Barner holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

AJ Barner is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Elijah Higgins.

What would change the answer

3.0 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.