Should I start Tyler Higbee or Jalen Coker in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Higbee, and the board ranks him 88th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for Jalen Coker is 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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 9

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.

Through Week 9, Jalen Coker has been on the field for 72 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 1 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 49 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 7 against TB he caught 1 of 4 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against GB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against DEN he carried 1 time for -3 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 29 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 Jalen Coker played 11 games and scored 90.4 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing WR69.

He caught 33 of 43 targets for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 3.9 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jalen Coker was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jalen Coker scored 8.2 PPR points a game and Tyler Higbee 7.1, 1.1 a game between them.

Tyler Higbee finished TE40 and Jalen Coker WR69, which are two different ladders.

Tyler Higbee is a tight end and Jalen Coker 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 Jalen Coker in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.