Should I start Davis Allen or Elijah Higgins this week? Week 8 Standard (2026)

THE FF CALL

Slight lean: Davis Allen

+0.7 projected edge · Standard

Start Davis Allen over Elijah Higgins for Week 8 Standard: 2.7 projected points versus 2.0.

Davis Allen: 5.5 FP recent scoring average.
Elijah Higgins: 3.4 FP recent scoring average.

Forecast updated Oct 28, 2026, 2:41 AM ET · Standard

FF PICK

Davis Allen

TE · LARStats & schedule

2.7FF projected

↓ -0.4 vs ESPN

vs LAC

Sun 4:05 PM ET

THE ALTERNATIVE

Elijah Higgins

TE · ARIStats & schedule

2.0FF projected

↓ -0.4 vs ESPN

at DAL

Sun 1:00 PM ET

Why this pick?

Davis Allen

Fortified2.7

ESPN3.1

Sleeper0.7

Davis Allen faces LAC in Week 8. Recent scoring average: 5.5 fantasy points.

Elijah Higgins

Fortified2.0

ESPN2.4

Sleeper1.3

Elijah Higgins faces DAL in Week 8. Recent scoring average: 3.4 fantasy points.

Davis Allen projects for 2.7 points in standard scoring, 0.7 more than Elijah Higgins. The gap is small; late injury news or your league’s scoring can change the choice. FantasyPros projections are temporarily unavailable; they are excluded from this comparison.

Updated Oct 28, 2026, 2:41 AM ET. Projections can change before kickoff.

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