Should I start Michael Mayer or Elijah Higgins in Week 10?

The market-based projections

Michael Mayer's market-based projection is 5.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 134th highest figure of the 217 players with a market-based projection.

Elijah Higgins's market-based projection is 4.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 147th highest figure of the 217 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Mayer, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Elijah Higgins, and the board ranks him 165th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Michael Mayer has been on the field for 81 percent of LV snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 84 third down targets, had 2 of its 27 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 5.2 air yards.

In Week 7 against LAR he caught 3 of 3 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against NYJ he caught 5 of 6 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against SF he caught 3 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Elijah Higgins has been on the field for 41 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 95 third down targets, had 1 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 58 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 2.6 air yards.

In Week 7 against DEN he caught 3 of 3 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DAL he caught 2 of 4 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against SEA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Michael Mayer played 13 games and scored 73.8 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE38.

He caught 35 of 50 targets for 328 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 9.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Elijah Higgins was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Michael Mayer scored 5.7 PPR points a game and Elijah Higgins 3.4, 2.3 a game between them.

Michael Mayer finished TE38 that year and Elijah Higgins TE48.

Michael Mayer had 13 more targets than Elijah Higgins, 50 to 37.

Michael Mayer had 27 more receiving yards than Elijah Higgins, 328 to 301.

This season Michael Mayer holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 41 percent.

This season Michael Mayer holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Michael Mayer is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Elijah Higgins.

What would change the answer

1.6 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.