Start Elijah Higgins or Foster Moreau? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Elijah Higgins over Foster Moreau in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Elijah Higgins at 3.8 points and Foster Moreau at 3.5, a gap of 0.3. 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 3.8 fantasy points for Elijah Higgins, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Elijah Higgins is 16 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (7, 8 and 9 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.5 fantasy points for Foster Moreau, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Foster Moreau is 9 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (12, 12 and 12 market sources).

That puts Elijah Higgins 0.3 points ahead of Foster Moreau on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Elijah Higgins and ARI host DEN on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

DEN allowed 13.3 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 14th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 55 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against DEN.

Foster Moreau and HOU host NYG on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYG allowed 12.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 16th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 45 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against NYG.

By points allowed to the position, Elijah Higgins has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Elijah Higgins is not on the injury report.

Foster Moreau is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Elijah Higgins played 39 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: 32 of 72 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 28 yards.

Through Week 6, Foster Moreau played 44 percent of HOU snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 3 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Foster Moreau, Week 5 against TEN: 26 of 66 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 8 yards.

Foster Moreau, Week 6 against JAX: 39 of 63 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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 7 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Elijah Higgins.
• Start Elijah Higgins over Austin Hooper.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Elijah Higgins.
• Start Foster Moreau over Cole Kmet.
• Start Foster Moreau over Drew Sample.
• Start Foster Moreau over Jonnu Smith.