Tyler Higbee or Darnell Washington: Week 6 result

Our Week 6 call

Start Tyler Higbee over Darnell Washington in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Tyler Higbee at 7.7 points and Darnell Washington at 6.5, a gap of 1.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.5 fantasy points for Darnell Washington, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Darnell Washington is 26 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (13, 12 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 7.7 fantasy points for Tyler Higbee, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tyler Higbee is 32 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (12, 10 and 14 market sources).

That puts Tyler Higbee 1.2 points ahead of Darnell Washington on the market projections.

Injury status

Darnell Washington is not on the injury report.

Tyler Higbee is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Darnell Washington played 65 percent of PIT snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Darnell Washington, Week 2 against NE: 37 of 70 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Darnell Washington, Week 3 against CIN: 47 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 67 yards.

Darnell Washington, Week 4 against CLE: 51 of 72 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards, 1 touchdown.

Darnell Washington, Week 5 against IND: 38 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Through Week 5, Tyler Higbee played 53 percent of LAR snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Higbee, Week 2 against NYG: 16 of 62 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Tyler Higbee, Week 3 against DEN: 61 of 86 snaps, 11 targets and 8 catches for 62 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tyler Higbee, Week 4 against PHI: 55 of 84 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 67 yards.

Tyler Higbee, Week 5 against BUF: 55 of 82 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 83 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Darnell Washington played 16 games for PIT and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets and 135 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 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.

How Week 6 went

Tyler Higbee scored 4.2 PPR points and Darnell Washington scored 12.5.

The call was wrong: Darnell Washington outscored Tyler Higbee by 8.3.

Tyler Higbee finished 3.5 points below the 7.7 the market projected.

Tyler Higbee, Week 6 against ARI: 4 targets and 4 catches for 22 yards, 4.2 PPR points.

Tyler Higbee finished as the week's TE28 in PPR scoring.

Darnell Washington finished 6.0 points above the 6.5 the market projected.

Darnell Washington, Week 6 against TB: 6 targets and 4 catches for 25 yards, 1 touchdown, 12.5 PPR points.

Darnell Washington finished as the week's TE10 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Darnell Washington.
• Start Cade Otton over Darnell Washington.
• Start Darnell Washington over Charlie Kolar.
• Start Tyler Higbee over AJ Barner.
• Start Tyler Higbee over Brenton Strange.
• Start Tyler Higbee over Cade Otton.