Brock Wright · Elijah Higgins · 2026 week 8

Brock Wright or Elijah Higgins?

Wondering who you should start this week — Brock Wright or Elijah Higgins? The start/sit call and the numbers behind it are below, plus who wins a straight-up trade. Rebuilt nightly.

Start Elijah Higgins — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.7 points. The matchup leans Elijah Higgins (DAL allow the 20th-most TE points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 8	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Brock Wright	vs MIN	1.6	32nd · tough	2.2	–	healthy
Elijah Higgins START	@ DAL	2.3	20th	6.4	–	healthy

TEs vs MIN recently: Will Kacmarek 1.5 pts (W4) · Juwan Johnson 1.6 pts (W5) · Drew Ogletree 1.2 pts (W7).

TEs vs DAL recently: Cade Otton 2.5 pts (W5) · Tucker Kraft 3.7 pts (W6) · Dallas Goedert 4.8 pts (W7).

🎓 The coach's read

Projections are 0.7 apart — too close to call on projection alone.
Brock Wright faces MIN, 32nd most generous to TEs.
Elijah Higgins faces DAL, 20th most generous to TEs.

Who wins a straight-up trade?

Their trade values are effectively even — a one-for-one is a fair swap on the numbers.

Open in Start/Sit (any scoring) Open in the Trade Analyzer

More TE decisions

All numbers are the 2026 season, refreshed nightly.