Should I start Tyler Higbee or Tyler Warren in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Higbee, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Warren, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyler Higbee is 1.9 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 Tyler Warren is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

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

This season so far

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 5, Tyler Warren has been on the field for 91 percent of IND snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 2 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against HOU he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 9 of 10 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 5 of 5 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PIT he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 7 of 9 targets for 83 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 Tyler Warren played 17 games and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.

He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Warren was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tyler Warren scored 11.1 PPR points a game and Tyler Higbee 7.1, 4.0 a game between them.

Tyler Higbee finished TE40 that year and Tyler Warren TE4.

Tyler Warren had 76 more targets than Tyler Higbee, 112 to 36.

Tyler Warren had 536 more receiving yards than Tyler Higbee, 817 to 281.

This season Tyler Warren holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 57 percent.

This season Tyler Warren holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Tyler Warren is listed as out on the injury report.