Should I start Tyler Higbee or Darren Waller in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Higbee, and the board ranks him 141st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darren Waller, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyler Higbee is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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 Darren Waller is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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 through Week 6

Through Week 6, Tyler Higbee has been on the field for 57 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 7.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against PHI he caught 5 of 6 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 6, Darren Waller has been on the field for 46 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 8.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 5 of 8 targets for 51 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 3 of 6 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 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 Darren Waller played 9 games and scored 88.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing TE33.

He caught 24 of 34 targets for 283 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 45 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Higbee was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Darren Waller scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Tyler Higbee 7.1, 2.7 a game between them.

Tyler Higbee finished TE40 that year and Darren Waller TE33.

Tyler Higbee had 2 more targets than Darren Waller, 36 to 34.

Darren Waller had 2 more receiving yards than Tyler Higbee, 283 to 281.

This season Tyler Higbee holds the bigger snap share, 57 percent against 46 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Tyler Higbee is off in Week 11 and Darren Waller in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.