Should I start Tyler Higbee or Charlie Kolar in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Higbee, and the board ranks him 179th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Charlie Kolar, and the board ranks him 192nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyler Higbee is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Charlie Kolar is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Tyler Higbee's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Tyler Higbee has been on the field for 59 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 1 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

In Week 5 against BUF he caught 5 of 6 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ARI he caught 4 of 4 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against LV he caught 2 of 3 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Charlie Kolar has been on the field for 65 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 4.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against LV he caught 3 of 3 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DEN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he caught 3 of 6 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tyler Higbee played 10 games and scored 71.1 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing TE40.

He caught 25 of 36 targets for 281 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 3.6 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Charlie Kolar played 17 games and scored 36.2 PPR points, 2.1 a game, finishing TE62.

He caught 10 of 15 targets for 142 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 0.9 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 40 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Charlie Kolar was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tyler Higbee scored 7.1 PPR points a game and Charlie Kolar 2.1, 5.0 a game between them.

Tyler Higbee finished TE40 that year and Charlie Kolar TE62.

Tyler Higbee had 21 more targets than Charlie Kolar, 36 to 15.

Tyler Higbee had 139 more receiving yards than Charlie Kolar, 281 to 142.

This season Charlie Kolar holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 59 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 12 percent each.

Byes and availability

Tyler Higbee is off in Week 11 and Charlie Kolar in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.