Elijah Arroyo · Noah Fant · 2026 week 1

Elijah Arroyo or Noah Fant?

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

Start Elijah Arroyo — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.5 points. The matchup leans Elijah Arroyo (NE allow the 13th-most TE points), but you can defend either call.
PlayerWk 1Proj (PPR)MatchupForm L3Trade valueStatus
Elijah Arroyo START vs NE 3.9 13th 4.6 – healthy
Noah Fant @ DET 3.4 15th 1.1 – healthy

TEs vs NE recently: Mark Andrews 2.4 pts (W16) · Stone Smartt 1.8 pts (W17) · Greg Dulcich 3.1 pts (W18).

TEs vs DET recently: Jonnu Smith 2.8 pts (W16) · Josh Oliver 0.8 pts (W17) · Colston Loveland 15.1 pts (W18).

Who wins a straight-up trade?

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

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Game logs, matchup ranks and form are the 2025 season — 2026 hasn’t kicked off. Projections, schedule and trade values are current 2026 numbers, refreshed nightly.