Start Elijah Higgins or Noah Fant? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Noah Fant over Elijah Higgins in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Noah Fant at 3.4 points and Elijah Higgins at 3.2, a gap of 0.1. 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 3.4 fantasy points for Noah Fant, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Noah Fant is 11 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 12% chance to score a touchdown (3, 3 and 13 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 12 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 9% chance to score a touchdown (9, 8 and 13 market sources).

That puts Noah Fant 0.1 points ahead of Elijah Higgins on the market projections.

Injury status

Noah Fant is not on the injury report.

Elijah Higgins is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Noah Fant played 50 percent of NO snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Noah Fant, Week 1 against DET: 37 of 90 snaps, 8 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards, 1 touchdown.

Noah Fant, Week 2 against BAL: 30 of 68 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Noah Fant, Week 3 against LV: 42 of 74 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Noah Fant, Week 5 against MIN: 30 of 45 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 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, Noah Fant played 15 games for CIN and scored 74.8 PPR points, 5.0 a game, finishing TE37.

He caught 34 of 41 targets for 288 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 114 air yards.

He was on the field for 39 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 6 calls

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