Start Elijah Higgins or Cole Kmet? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Cole Kmet over Elijah Higgins in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Cole Kmet at 3.2 points and Elijah Higgins at 2.5, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Cole Kmet this week yet, so his 3.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (3.1 and 3.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Elijah Higgins this week yet, so his 2.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (1.6 and 3.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Cole Kmet yet. His market-based projections were 3.1 and 3.3 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 3.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Elijah Higgins yet. His market-based projections were 1.6 and 3.4 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 2.5, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Cole Kmet 0.7 points ahead of Elijah Higgins on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Cole Kmet and CHI host NE on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

NE allowed 9.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 11th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 45 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against NE.

Elijah Higgins and ARI host DEN on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

DEN allowed 15.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 12th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 63 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against DEN.

By points allowed to the position, Elijah Higgins has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Cole Kmet is not on the injury report.

Elijah Higgins is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Cole Kmet played 61 percent of CHI snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

Cole Kmet, Week 3 against PHI: 43 of 72 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Cole Kmet, Week 4 against NYJ: 68 of 93 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Cole Kmet, Week 5 against GB: 29 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Cole Kmet, Week 6 against ATL: 2 targets and 2 catches for 3 yards.

Through Week 6, Elijah Higgins played 37 percent of ARI snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 2 percent of the air yards and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

Elijah Higgins, Week 3 against SF: 35 of 87 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 20 yards.

Elijah Higgins, Week 4 against NYG: 24 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards, 1 touchdown.

Elijah Higgins, Week 5 against DET: 39 of 73 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 57 yards.

Elijah Higgins, Week 6 against LAR: 3 targets and 3 catches for 28 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Cole Kmet played 16 games for CHI and scored 78.7 PPR points, 4.9 a game, finishing TE36.

He caught 30 of 48 targets for 347 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 198 air yards.

He was on the field for 69 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 7 calls

• Start Cole Kmet over Austin Hooper.
• Start Darnell Washington over Cole Kmet.
• Start Cole Kmet over Davis Allen.
• Start Austin Hooper over Elijah Higgins.
• Start Davis Allen over Elijah Higgins.
• Start Eli Raridon over Elijah Higgins.