Start Tyler Higbee. Higbee is projected for 8.7 PPR points vs 8.4 for Dalton Schultz, and faces the 7th-softest defense against TEs this week.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Tyler Higbee TE · LAR | Dalton Schultz TE · HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 8.7 | 8.4 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 7.9 | 8.3 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 9.7 | 8.6 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs LV | vs NYG |
| Opponent vs. position | 7th-softest (17.7 pts/g allowed) | 16th-toughest (12.7 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 8.4 for Dalton Schultz vs NYG: a 0.3-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 8.4 for Dalton Schultz.
The sources range from 7.9 to 9.7 for Higbee and from 8.3 to 8.6 for Schultz. The ranges overlap, so Schultz outscoring Higbee is a realistic result.
Dalton Schultz is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Schultz at 8.3 PPR points, against 7.9 for Tyler Higbee.
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 8.6 for Dalton Schultz.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Tyler Higbee plays LV and Dalton Schultz plays NYG in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Higbee faces the 7th-softest defense against TEs and Schultz faces the 16th-toughest 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 Dalton Schultz 13% of his team's targets.
Dalton Schultz 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 Dalton Schultz.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Tyler Higbee nor Dalton Schultz 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 Dalton Schultz by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.