Start Colston Loveland or Elijah Higgins? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Colston Loveland over Elijah Higgins in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Colston Loveland at 9.1 points and Elijah Higgins at 3.0, a gap of 6.1.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.1 fantasy points for Colston Loveland, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Colston Loveland at 36.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 26% chance to score a touchdown (13, 10 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.0 fantasy points for Elijah Higgins, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market gives Elijah Higgins a 10% chance to score a touchdown (15 market sources).

That puts Colston Loveland 6.1 points ahead of Elijah Higgins on the market projections.

Week 5 matchups

Colston Loveland and CHI visit GB on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

GB allowed 10.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 4 games, the 13th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 33 yards and 0.5 touchdowns a game against GB.

Injury status

Colston Loveland is not on the injury report.

Elijah Higgins is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Colston Loveland played 87 percent of CHI snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Colston Loveland, Week 1 against CAR: 65 of 75 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Colston Loveland, Week 2 against MIN: 64 of 74 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Colston Loveland, Week 3 against PHI: 57 of 72 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 31 yards.

Colston Loveland, Week 4 against NYJ: 86 of 93 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 57 yards.

Through Week 4, Elijah Higgins played 33 percent of ARI snaps, drew 3 percent of the targets, earned 1 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Elijah Higgins, Week 1 against LAC: 20 of 75 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Elijah Higgins, Week 2 against SEA: 13 of 50 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Colston Loveland played 16 games for CHI and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.

He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 463 air yards.

He was on the field for 63 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 5 calls

• Start Colston Loveland over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Colston Loveland.
• Start Brock Bowers over Colston Loveland.
• Start Brock Bowers over Elijah Higgins.
• Start Dawson Knox over Elijah Higgins.
• Start Evan Engram over Elijah Higgins.