Should I start Drew Sample or Tyler Higbee in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Drew Sample, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Higbee, and the board ranks him 104th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Drew Sample's market-based projection is 2.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 84th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based 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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Drew Sample has been on the field for 51 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 0 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 0.9 air yards.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 24 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against TEN he was not given the ball.

In Week 9 against ATL he was not given the ball.

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 Drew Sample played 17 games and scored 31.9 PPR points, 1.9 a game, finishing TE64.

He caught 15 of 20 targets for 106 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 1.2 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 7.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 52 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.

Drew Sample was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tyler Higbee scored 7.1 PPR points a game and Drew Sample 1.9, 5.2 a game between them.

Drew Sample finished TE64 that year and Tyler Higbee TE40.

Tyler Higbee had 16 more targets than Drew Sample, 36 to 20.

Tyler Higbee had 175 more receiving yards than Drew Sample, 281 to 106.

This season Tyler Higbee holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 51 percent.

This season Tyler Higbee holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 3 percent.

Byes and availability

Tyler Higbee is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Drew Sample.

What would change the answer

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