Start Tyler Higbee or Harold Fannin Jr.? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Tyler Higbee in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Harold Fannin Jr. at 9.2 points and Tyler Higbee at 8.5, 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 Harold Fannin Jr. this week yet, so his 9.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (8.3, 8.5 and 10.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Tyler Higbee this week yet, so his 8.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (9.4, 9.3 and 6.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Harold Fannin Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 8.3, 8.5 and 10.7 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 9.2, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Harold Fannin Jr. is 0.2 touchdowns (7 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Tyler Higbee yet. His market-based projections were 9.4, 9.3 and 6.9 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 8.5, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Harold Fannin Jr. 0.7 points ahead of Tyler Higbee on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Harold Fannin Jr. and CLE host HOU on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

HOU allowed 10.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

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

Tyler Higbee and LAR visit ARI on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

ARI allowed 16.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 9th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 56 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against ARI.

By points allowed to the position, Tyler Higbee has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Harold Fannin Jr. is not on the injury report.

Tyler Higbee is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Harold Fannin Jr. played 84 percent of CLE snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 7 against TEN: 58 of 70 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 91 yards.

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 8 against PIT: 60 of 70 snaps, 12 targets and 10 catches for 154 yards.

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 9 against NO: 61 of 73 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 42 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Tyler Higbee played 64 percent of LAR snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Higbee, Week 6 against ARI: 48 of 58 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 22 yards.

Tyler Higbee, Week 7 against LV: 53 of 72 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Tyler Higbee, Week 8 against LAC: 45 of 54 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 14 yards.

Tyler Higbee, Week 9 against WAS: 60 of 75 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 13 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Harold Fannin Jr. played 16 games for CLE and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.

He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets and 379 air yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Tyler Higbee played 10 games for LAR and scored 71.1 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing TE40.

He caught 25 of 36 targets for 281 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 141 air yards.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Brenton Strange.
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Dalton Kincaid.
• Start Tyler Higbee over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Tyler Higbee.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Tyler Higbee.