Start Travis Kelce or Tyler Higbee? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Travis Kelce over Tyler Higbee in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Travis Kelce at 10.9 points and Tyler Higbee at 10.2, a gap of 0.7. 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 10.9 fantasy points for Travis Kelce, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Travis Kelce is 47 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (10, 9 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.2 fantasy points for Tyler Higbee, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tyler Higbee is 41 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (11, 9 and 13 market sources).

That puts Travis Kelce 0.7 points ahead of Tyler Higbee on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Travis Kelce and KC visit SEA on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

SEA allowed 9.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 26 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against SEA.

Tyler Higbee and LAR visit LV on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LV allowed 17.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 7th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 54 yards and a touchdown a game against LV.

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

Injury status

Travis Kelce is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.

Tyler Higbee is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Travis Kelce played 77 percent of KC snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 17 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Travis Kelce, Week 2 against IND: 68 of 80 snaps, 11 targets and 9 catches for 101 yards, 1 touchdown.

Travis Kelce, Week 3 against MIA: 41 of 52 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 59 yards, 1 touchdown.

Travis Kelce, Week 4 against LV: 50 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards.

Travis Kelce, Week 6 against LAC: 40 of 61 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 53 yards.

Through Week 6, Tyler Higbee played 57 percent of LAR snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Higbee, Week 3 against DEN: 61 of 86 snaps, 11 targets and 8 catches for 62 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tyler Higbee, Week 4 against PHI: 55 of 84 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 67 yards.

Tyler Higbee, Week 5 against BUF: 55 of 82 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 83 yards.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Travis Kelce played 17 games for KC and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 428 air yards.

He was on the field for 81 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 7 calls

• Start Brock Bowers over Travis Kelce.
• Start Colston Loveland over Travis Kelce.
• Start Travis Kelce over Dallas Goedert.
• Start Tyler Higbee over AJ Barner.
• Start Brock Bowers over Tyler Higbee.
• Start Tyler Higbee over Cade Otton.