Should I start Tyler Higbee or Garrett Wilson in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Garrett Wilson, and the board ranks him 105th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyler Higbee is 2.4 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.

The market-based projection for Garrett Wilson is 2.5 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Tyler Higbee has been on the field for 59 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 1 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 39 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 7.9 air yards.

In Week 6 against ARI he caught 4 of 4 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 8, Garrett Wilson has been on the field for 90 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 20 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 63 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIA he caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LV he caught 6 of 12 targets for 83 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 Garrett Wilson played 7 games and scored 99.5 PPR points, 14.2 a game, finishing WR62.

He caught 36 of 59 targets for 395 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 89 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Higbee was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Garrett Wilson scored 14.2 PPR points a game and Tyler Higbee 7.1, 7.1 a game between them.

Tyler Higbee finished TE40 and Garrett Wilson WR62, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Tyler Higbee is off in Week 11 and Garrett Wilson in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.