Start Eli Raridon or Elijah Higgins? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Eli Raridon over Elijah Higgins in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Eli Raridon at 3.6 points and Elijah Higgins at 2.5, a gap of 1.1. 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. 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 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 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 Eli Raridon 1.1 points ahead of Elijah Higgins on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Eli Raridon and NE visit CHI on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 7.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 41 yards and no touchdowns a game against CHI.

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

Eli Raridon is not on the injury report.

Elijah Higgins is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Eli Raridon played 49 percent of NE snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Eli Raridon, Week 6 against NYJ: 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 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, 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 Eli Raridon over Austin Hooper.
• Start Eli Raridon over Cole Kmet.
• Start Darnell Washington over Eli Raridon.
• Start Austin Hooper over Elijah Higgins.
• Start Cole Kmet over Elijah Higgins.
• Start Davis Allen over Elijah Higgins.