Should I start Tyler Higbee or Jaylin Noel in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Higbee, and the board ranks him 142nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylin Noel, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyler Higbee is 1.8 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.

The market-based projection for Jaylin Noel is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 6

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.

Through Week 6, Jaylin Noel has been on the field for 46 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 11.0 air yards.

In Week 4 against DAL he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 85 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TEN he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 41 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against JAX he caught 4 of 4 targets for 107 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Jaylin Noel played 17 games and scored 68.4 PPR points, 4.0 a game, finishing WR91.

He caught 26 of 35 targets for 292 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 27 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jaylin Noel was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyler Higbee scored 7.1 PPR points a game and Jaylin Noel 4.0, 3.1 a game between them.

Tyler Higbee finished TE40 and Jaylin Noel WR91, which are two different ladders.

Tyler Higbee is a tight end and Jaylin Noel 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 Jaylin Noel in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.