Should I start Kyle Monangai or Tyler Higbee in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Monangai, and the board ranks him 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Higbee, and the board ranks him 110th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kyle Monangai is 2.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Tyler Higbee is 2.5 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, Kyle Monangai has been on the field for 41 percent of CHI snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 6 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he carried 10 times for 47 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 10 times for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 30 times for 146 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 7, Tyler Higbee has been on the field for 59 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 1 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against LV he caught 2 of 3 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kyle Monangai played 17 games and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.

He carried 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 41 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.

Kyle Monangai was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Kyle Monangai scored 8.6 PPR points a game and Tyler Higbee 7.1, 1.5 a game between them.

Kyle Monangai finished RB30 and Tyler Higbee TE40, which are two different ladders.

Kyle Monangai is a running back and Tyler Higbee a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kyle Monangai is off in Week 10 and Tyler Higbee in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Kyle Monangai is listed as out on the injury report.