Start Tyler Higbee. Higbee is projected for 8.7 PPR points vs 7.9 for Cade Otton, and faces the 7th-softest defense against TEs this week.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Tyler Higbee TE · LAR | Cade Otton TE · TB | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 8.7 | 7.9 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 7.9 | 6.8 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 9.7 | 8.4 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs LV | vs CAR |
| Opponent vs. position | 7th-softest (17.7 pts/g allowed) | 9th-softest (16.0 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 12% target share (last 3) | 13% target share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | TE |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Tyler Higbee. Higbee projects for 8.7 PPR points vs LV, against 7.9 for Cade Otton vs CAR: a 0.8-point edge.
The projection is the average of every source that carries each player this week, and a player listed Out or Doubtful is never the start.
Tyler Higbee is projected to score more: 8.7 PPR points to 7.9 for Cade Otton.
The sources range from 7.9 to 9.7 for Higbee and from 6.8 to 8.4 for Otton. The ranges overlap, so Otton outscoring Higbee is a realistic result.
Tyler Higbee is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Higbee at 7.9 PPR points, against 6.8 for Cade Otton.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Tyler Higbee has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Higbee at 9.7 PPR points, against 8.4 for Cade Otton.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Tyler Higbee plays LV and Cade Otton plays CAR in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Higbee faces the 7th-softest defense against TEs and Otton faces the 9th-softest defense against TEs, so Tyler Higbee has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Tyler Higbee has drawn 12% of his team's targets, and Cade Otton 13% of his team's targets.
Cade Otton has the bigger role, and volume is the steadiest thing a projection rests on.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Cade Otton.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Tyler Higbee nor Cade Otton has an injury designation for Week 7.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Tyler Higbee is projected by 4 of them and Cade Otton by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.