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Should I start Elijah Higgins or Daniel Jones in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 10:11 AM ET.

Start Daniel Jones: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Elijah Higgins's 45 percent of the snaps and 7 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Elijah Higgins for Daniel Jones?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Daniel Jones projects 151 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.1 a game over 10 games), Elijah Higgins 35 (3.5 a game over 10 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

TE20 · ARI · bye unlisted

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection
4.9 pts a game

QB23 · IND · bye 13

2026 vs pass yds line 3-3

Overall rank
145

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Elijah Higgins, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Daniel Jones, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 34.

The market-based projections

Elijah Higgins's market-based projection is 4.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 107th highest figure of the 202 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Daniel Jones is 12.9 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 11 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 6

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.

Through Week 6, Daniel Jones has been on the field for 100 percent of IND snaps, dropped back 239 times and thrown 8.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 39 of 239 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

In Week 4 against WAS he completed 19 of 34 passes for 143 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

In Week 5 against PIT he completed 24 of 44 passes for 267 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 4 yards.

In Week 6 against TEN he completed 22 of 41 passes for 269 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 3 times for 30 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Daniel Jones played 13 games and scored 234.4 PPR points, 18.0 a game, finishing QB17.

He threw for 3101 yards on 384 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 164 yards and 5 touchdowns.

That came to 29-30 attempts a game at 8.1 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Elijah Higgins was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Daniel Jones scored 18.0 PPR points a game and Elijah Higgins 3.4, 14.6 a game between them.

Elijah Higgins finished TE48 and Daniel Jones QB17, which are two different ladders.

Elijah Higgins is a tight end and Daniel Jones a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Daniel Jones is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Elijah Higgins.

What would change the answer

Daniel Jones has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Elijah Higgins for Daniel Jones?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Daniel Jones projects 151 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.1 a game over 10 games), Elijah Higgins 35 (3.5 a game over 10 games).

  • Should I drop Daniel Jones for Elijah Higgins?

    No. Keep Daniel Jones: he projects 151 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.1 a game over 10 games), Elijah Higgins 35 (3.5 a game over 10 games).

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