Start Elijah Higgins or Theo Johnson? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Elijah Higgins over Theo Johnson in Week 7.

Theo Johnson is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Elijah Higgins.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Elijah Higgins yet. His market-based projections were 1.6, 3.4 and 3.6 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 2.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Theo Johnson yet. His market-based projections were 2.0, 2.0 and 4.9 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 3.0, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Theo Johnson 0.1 points ahead of Elijah Higgins on these 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.

Theo Johnson and NYG visit HOU on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

HOU allowed 10.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 11th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 47 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against HOU.

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

Injury status

Elijah Higgins is not on the injury report.

Theo Johnson is listed as out with a neck injury.

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 5, Theo Johnson played 36 percent of NYG snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Theo Johnson, Week 2 against LAR: 16 of 58 snaps, 4 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Theo Johnson, Week 3 against TEN: 11 of 64 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Theo Johnson, Week 4 against ARI: 22 of 67 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 11 yards, 1 touchdown.

Theo Johnson, Week 5 against WAS: 43 of 89 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 35 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, Theo Johnson played 15 games for NYG and scored 127.8 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing TE18.

He caught 45 of 74 targets for 528 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 341 air yards.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Elijah Higgins over Austin Hooper.
• Start Cole Kmet over Elijah Higgins.
• Start Elijah Higgins over Davis Allen.
• Start Cole Kmet over Theo Johnson.
• Start Daniel Bellinger over Theo Johnson.
• Start Drew Sample over Theo Johnson.