Should I start Travis Kelce or Tyler Higbee in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Travis Kelce's market-based projection is 11.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 74th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Tyler Higbee's market-based projection is 9.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 88th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Travis Kelce, and the board ranks him 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Higbee, and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Travis Kelce has been on the field for 77 percent of KC snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 6.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAC he caught 4 of 5 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Travis Kelce played 17 games and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.4 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 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.

Travis Kelce was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Travis Kelce scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Tyler Higbee 7.1, 4.3 a game between them.

Travis Kelce finished TE3 that year and Tyler Higbee TE40.

Travis Kelce had 72 more targets than Tyler Higbee, 108 to 36.

Travis Kelce had 570 more receiving yards than Tyler Higbee, 851 to 281.

This season Travis Kelce holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 57 percent.

This season Travis Kelce holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Travis Kelce is off in Week 5 and Tyler Higbee in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Travis Kelce is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

1.7 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.