Start Elijah Higgins or Davis Allen? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Davis Allen over Elijah Higgins in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Davis Allen at 2.7 points and Elijah Higgins at 2.5, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Davis Allen this week yet, so his 2.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (3.2 and 2.1); 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 Davis Allen yet. His market-based projections were 3.2 and 2.1 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 2.7, 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 Davis Allen 0.2 points ahead of Elijah Higgins on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Davis Allen and LAR visit LV on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LV allowed 18.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 6th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 57 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against LV.

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, Davis Allen has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Davis Allen is not on the injury report.

Elijah Higgins is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Davis Allen played 44 percent of LAR snaps, drew 4 percent of the targets, earned 3 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Davis Allen, Week 3 against DEN: 31 of 86 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Davis Allen, Week 4 against PHI: 40 of 84 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Davis Allen, Week 5 against BUF: 41 of 82 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards.

Davis Allen, Week 6 against ARI: 1 carry for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 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, Davis Allen played 17 games for LAR and scored 62.8 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE44.

He caught 24 of 33 targets for 208 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 71 air yards.

He was on the field for 50 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 Austin Hooper over Davis Allen.
• Start Cole Kmet over Davis Allen.
• Start Eli Raridon over Davis Allen.
• Start Austin Hooper over Elijah Higgins.
• Start Cole Kmet over Elijah Higgins.
• Start Eli Raridon over Elijah Higgins.