Start Elijah Higgins or Eli Raridon? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Eli Raridon over Elijah Higgins in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Eli Raridon at 3.6 points and Elijah Higgins at 3.2, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Eli Raridon this week yet, so his 3.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (3.7 and 3.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Eli Raridon yet. His market-based projections were 3.7 and 3.6 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 3.6, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Eli Raridon a 17% chance to score a touchdown (10 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.2 fantasy points for Elijah Higgins, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Elijah Higgins is 11 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 10% chance to score a touchdown (9, 8 and 12 market sources).

That puts Eli Raridon 0.4 points ahead of Elijah Higgins on these projections.

Injury status

Eli Raridon is not on the injury report.

Elijah Higgins is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Eli Raridon played 49 percent of NE snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Eli Raridon, Week 1 against SEA: 38 of 71 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards, 1 touchdown.

Eli Raridon, Week 2 against PIT: 11 of 55 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 30 yards.

Eli Raridon, Week 4 against BUF: 44 of 76 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 12 yards.

Eli Raridon, Week 5 against LV: 43 of 75 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 57 yards.

Through Week 5, Elijah Higgins played 37 percent of ARI snaps, drew 4 percent of the targets, earned 3 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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

Their 2025 seasons

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 6 calls

• Start Colby Parkinson over Eli Raridon.
• Start Eli Raridon over Cole Kmet.
• Start Cole Kmet over Elijah Higgins.
• Start Dawson Knox over Elijah Higgins.