Start Tyler Higbee or Brenton Strange? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Brenton Strange over Tyler Higbee in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Brenton Strange at 9.3 points and Tyler Higbee at 8.5, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Brenton Strange this week yet, so his 9.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 8 and 9 (10.0 and 8.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Tyler Higbee this week yet, so his 8.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (9.4, 9.3 and 6.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Brenton Strange yet. His market-based projections were 10.0 and 8.7 points in Weeks 8 and 9, an average of 9.3, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Brenton Strange is 0.3 touchdowns (7 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Tyler Higbee yet. His market-based projections were 9.4, 9.3 and 6.9 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 8.5, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Brenton Strange 0.8 points ahead of Tyler Higbee on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Brenton Strange and JAX visit TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 12.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 43 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against TEN.

Tyler Higbee and LAR visit ARI on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

ARI allowed 16.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 9th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 56 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against ARI.

By points allowed to the position, Tyler Higbee has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brenton Strange is not on the injury report.

Tyler Higbee is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Brenton Strange played 76 percent of JAX snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Brenton Strange, Week 5 against PHI: 58 of 72 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 68 yards.

Brenton Strange, Week 6 against HOU: 54 of 71 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 44 yards.

Brenton Strange, Week 8 against IND: 28 of 54 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 55 yards.

Brenton Strange, Week 9 against BAL: 44 of 56 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.

Through Week 9, Tyler Higbee played 64 percent of LAR snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Higbee, Week 6 against ARI: 48 of 58 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 22 yards.

Tyler Higbee, Week 7 against LV: 53 of 72 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Tyler Higbee, Week 8 against LAC: 45 of 54 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 14 yards.

Tyler Higbee, Week 9 against WAS: 60 of 75 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 13 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brenton Strange played 12 games for JAX and scored 118.0 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing TE23.

He caught 46 of 60 targets for 540 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 293 air yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Tyler Higbee played 10 games for LAR 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 and 141 air yards.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Chig Okonkwo over Brenton Strange.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brenton Strange over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Tyler Higbee over AJ Barner.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Tyler Higbee.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Tyler Higbee.