Start Noah Gray or Elijah Higgins? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Elijah Higgins over Noah Gray in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Elijah Higgins at 4.0 points and Noah Gray at 3.3, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Elijah Higgins this week yet, so his 4.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (3.4, 5.2 and 3.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Elijah Higgins yet. His market-based projections were 3.4, 5.2 and 3.5 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 4.0, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

Player markets imply 3.3 fantasy points for Noah Gray, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Noah Gray is 12 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (7, 7 and 7 market sources).

That puts Elijah Higgins 0.7 points ahead of Noah Gray on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

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

LAR allowed 10.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 46 yards and 0.1 touchdowns a game against LAR.

Noah Gray and KC visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 13.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 16th most in the league.

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

By points allowed to the position, Noah Gray has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Elijah Higgins is not on the injury report.

Noah Gray is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Elijah Higgins played 41 percent of ARI snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 2 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Elijah Higgins, Week 6 against LAR: 32 of 72 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 28 yards.

Elijah Higgins, Week 7 against DEN: 39 of 81 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 17 yards.

Elijah Higgins, Week 8 against DAL: 26 of 81 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards.

Elijah Higgins, Week 9 against SEA: 35 of 53 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Through Week 9, Noah Gray played 58 percent of KC snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Noah Gray, Week 6 against LAC: 39 of 61 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 53 yards.

Noah Gray, Week 7 against SEA: 28 of 53 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 44 yards.

Noah Gray, Week 8 against DEN: 37 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards, 1 touchdown.

Noah Gray, Week 9 against NYJ: 41 of 66 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 11 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, Noah Gray played 16 games for KC and scored 38.8 PPR points, 2.4 a game, finishing TE59.

He caught 21 of 37 targets for 178 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 71 air yards.

He was on the field for 52 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Brevyn Spann-Ford over Noah Gray.
• Start Noah Gray over Davis Allen.
• Start Noah Gray over Dawson Knox.