Start Elijah Higgins or Foster Moreau? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Elijah Higgins over Foster Moreau in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Elijah Higgins at 2.9 points and Foster Moreau at 2.8, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Foster Moreau's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 2.9 fantasy points for Elijah Higgins, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market gives Elijah Higgins a 8% chance to score a touchdown (14 market sources).

Player markets imply 2.8 fantasy points for Foster Moreau, with 70 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market gives Foster Moreau a 12% chance to score a touchdown (13 market sources).

That puts Elijah Higgins 0.1 points ahead of Foster Moreau on the market projections.

Injury status

Elijah Higgins is not on the injury report.

Foster Moreau is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

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.

Through Week 4, Foster Moreau played 41 percent of HOU snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 2 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Foster Moreau, Week 1 against BUF: 35 of 79 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards.

Foster Moreau, Week 2 against CIN: 23 of 80 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 34 yards.

Foster Moreau, Week 3 against IND: 31 of 54 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards, 1 touchdown.

Foster Moreau, Week 4 against DAL: 20 of 55 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 1 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.

In 2025, Foster Moreau played 11 games for NO and scored 12.9 PPR points, 1.2 a game, finishing TE86.

He caught 7 of 10 targets for 59 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 15 air yards.

He was on the field for 35 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Elijah Higgins over Brevyn Spann-Ford.
• Start Brock Bowers over Elijah Higgins.
• Start Cole Kmet over Elijah Higgins.
• Start Foster Moreau over Brevyn Spann-Ford.
• Start Cole Kmet over Foster Moreau.
• Start Foster Moreau over Daniel Bellinger.