Should I start Demarcus Robinson or Tyler Higbee in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Demarcus Robinson, and the board ranks him 80th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Higbee, and the board ranks him 81st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Demarcus Robinson is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Tyler Higbee is 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Demarcus Robinson has been on the field for 49 percent of SF snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAR he caught 2 of 3 targets for 50 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LV he caught 3 of 4 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Tyler Higbee has been on the field for 64 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 76 third down targets, had 1 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 8.3 air yards.

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

In Week 8 against LAC he caught 1 of 2 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against WAS he caught 1 of 5 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Demarcus Robinson played 14 games and scored 58.2 PPR points, 4.2 a game, finishing WR99.

He caught 22 of 35 targets for 276 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 2-3 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 13 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Demarcus Robinson was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyler Higbee scored 7.1 PPR points a game and Demarcus Robinson 4.2, 3.0 a game between them.

Demarcus Robinson finished WR99 and Tyler Higbee TE40, which are two different ladders.

Demarcus Robinson is a wide receiver and Tyler Higbee a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Demarcus Robinson is off in Week 8 and Tyler Higbee in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.