Start Elijah Higgins or Charlie Kolar? Week 9
Updated Nov 4, 5:11 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Charlie Kolar over Elijah Higgins
- Market projects
- 5.5
- recent weeks avg
- HOU D vs TE
- 10.1
- 4th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 65%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 12%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 4.8
- fantasy pts
- SEA D vs TE
- 10.2
- 5th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 39%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Elijah Higgins for Charlie Kolar?
Not on these numbers alone. Elijah Higgins projects 28 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (3.5 a game over 8 games) and Charlie Kolar 30 (3.3 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Charlie Kolar over Elijah Higgins.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Charlie Kolar over Elijah Higgins in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Charlie Kolar at 5.5 points and Elijah Higgins at 4.8, 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 Charlie Kolar this week yet, so his 5.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (5.8 and 5.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Charlie Kolar yet. His market-based projections were 5.8 and 5.3 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 5.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
The market-based projection for Charlie Kolar is 0.1 touchdowns (9 market sources).
Player markets imply 4.8 fantasy points for Elijah Higgins, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.
The market-based projection for Elijah Higgins is 17 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (7, 8 and 8 market sources).
That puts Charlie Kolar 0.8 points ahead of Elijah Higgins on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Charlie Kolar and LAC host HOU on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.
HOU allowed 10.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 4th fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 46 yards and 0.1 touchdowns a game against HOU.
Elijah Higgins and ARI visit SEA on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
SEA allowed 10.2 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 5th fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 38 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against SEA.
By points allowed to the position, Elijah Higgins has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Charlie Kolar is not on the injury report.
Elijah Higgins is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Charlie Kolar played 65 percent of LAC snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
Charlie Kolar, Week 2 against LV: 42 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 21 yards.
Charlie Kolar, Week 5 against DEN: 51 of 67 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 37 yards.
Charlie Kolar, Week 6 against KC: 45 of 68 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 20 yards.
Charlie Kolar, Week 8 against LAR: 38 of 61 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 20 yards.
Through Week 8, Elijah Higgins played 39 percent of ARI snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 2 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.
Elijah Higgins, Week 5 against DET: 39 of 73 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 57 yards.
Elijah Higgins, Week 6 against LAR: 32 of 72 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 28 yards.
Elijah Higgins, Week 7 against DEN: 39 of 81 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 17 yards.
Elijah Higgins, Week 8 against DAL: 26 of 81 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Charlie Kolar played 17 games for BAL and scored 36.2 PPR points, 2.1 a game, finishing TE62.
He caught 10 of 15 targets for 142 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets and 90 air yards.
He was on the field for 40 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Elijah Higgins played 17 games for ARI and scored 58.1 PPR points, 3.4 a game, finishing TE48.
He caught 30 of 37 targets for 301 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 92 air yards.
He was on the field for 41 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Elijah Higgins for Charlie Kolar?
Not on these numbers alone. Elijah Higgins projects 28 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (3.5 a game over 8 games) and Charlie Kolar 30 (3.3 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Charlie Kolar over Elijah Higgins.
Should I drop Charlie Kolar for Elijah Higgins?
Not on these numbers alone. Charlie Kolar projects 30 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (3.3 a game over 9 games) and Elijah Higgins 28 (3.5 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Charlie Kolar over Elijah Higgins.
Week 9 on the board
- Is Elijah Higgins playing Week 9?
- Is Charlie Kolar playing Week 9?
- Cardinals depth chart
- Chargers depth chart
- Week 9 TE rankings
- Week 9 fantasy rankings
- Week 9 start or sit
- Week 9 waiver wire
- Week 9 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 9
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 9 kicker rankings
- Week 9 defense rankings