Should I start Tyler Higbee or Zach Charbonnet in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Higbee, and the board ranks him 75th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zach Charbonnet, and the board ranks him 77th 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 Zach Charbonnet is 3.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back'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, Zach Charbonnet has been on the field for 47 percent of SEA snaps, taken 45 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 0.2 air yards.

In Week 8 against CHI he carried 6 times for 23 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against ARI he carried 16 times for 77 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 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 Zach Charbonnet played 16 games and scored 181.4 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB24.

He carried 184 times for 730 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 20 of 24 targets for 144 more yards.

That came to 11-12 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 1.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Zach Charbonnet was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Zach Charbonnet scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Tyler Higbee 7.1, 4.2 a game between them.

Tyler Higbee finished TE40 and Zach Charbonnet RB24, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.