Elijah Higgins · Noah Fant · 2026 week 9

Elijah Higgins or Noah Fant?

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

Start Noah Fant — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.1 points. The matchup leans Noah Fant (CLE allow the 11th-most TE points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 9	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Elijah Higgins	@ SEA	5.5	30th · tough	4.5	–	healthy
Noah Fant START	vs CLE	5.6	11th	8	–	healthy

TEs vs SEA recently: Evan Engram 1.3 pts (W6) · Noah Gray 4.4 pts (W7) · Colston Loveland 4.5 pts (W8).

TEs vs CLE recently: Josh Cuevas 10.4 pts (W6) · Gunnar Helm 2.4 pts (W7) · Pat Freiermuth 9.6 pts (W8).

🎓 The coach's read

Projections are 0.1 apart — too close to call on projection alone.
Elijah Higgins has the higher floor (1.1) — the safer start if you are favoured.
Noah Fant has the higher ceiling (11.7) — the play if you need points.
Elijah Higgins faces SEA, 30th most generous to TEs.
Noah Fant faces CLE, 11th 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

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All numbers are the 2026 season, refreshed nightly.