Elijah Higgins · Theo Johnson · 2026 week 8

Elijah Higgins or Theo Johnson?

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

Start Theo Johnson — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.5 points. The matchup leans Theo Johnson (PHI allow the 25th-most TE points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 8	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Elijah Higgins	@ DAL	2.3	20th	6.4	–	healthy
Theo Johnson START	@ PHI	2.8	25th · tough	5.2	–	Out

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

TEs vs PHI recently: Brenton Strange 6.8 pts (W5) · Tommy Tremble 16.6 pts (W6) · Brevyn Spann-Ford 1.1 pts (W7).

🎓 The coach's read

Projections are 0.5 apart — too close to call on projection alone.
Elijah Higgins faces DAL, 20th most generous to TEs.
Theo Johnson faces PHI, 25th most generous to TEs.
Theo Johnson is flagged OUT.

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.