Should I start Dontayvion Wicks or Tyler Higbee in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dontayvion Wicks, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Higbee, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Dontayvion Wicks is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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 1.9 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Dontayvion Wicks has been on the field for 79 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 13.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 5 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against JAX he caught 5 of 8 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 2 of 4 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.

He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 47 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.

Dontayvion Wicks was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyler Higbee scored 7.1 PPR points a game and Dontayvion Wicks 5.4, 1.7 a game between them.

Dontayvion Wicks finished WR83 and Tyler Higbee TE40, which are two different ladders.

Dontayvion Wicks 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

Dontayvion Wicks is off in Week 10 and Tyler Higbee in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Dontayvion Wicks is listed as questionable on the injury report.