TylerHigbee

News: 4 days agoHigbee caught all four of his targets for 22 yards during the Rams' 18-16 loss to the Cardinals on Sunday. He also lost a fumble.

Spin: Higbee was not targeted by Matthew Stafford until early in the fourth quarter, but the former fumbled the ball on his first catch of the game, which was recovered by the Cardinals defense. Higbee saw three more passes from Stafford in the quarter, and Sunday's effort snapped his three-game streak of 60-plus yards and five-plus catches. However, the Rams are expected to be without Davante Adams (hamstring) until at least after the Week 11 bye, so Higbee could be Stafford's secondary target in the passing game behind Puka Nacua for the next few games. The Rams hit the road for Week 7 on Oct. 25 against the Raiders, whose defense gives up the sixth-most fantasy points per game to tight ends this season.

ESPN Fantasy Projection: Higbee re-signed with the Rams and will battle for work with the likes of Colby Parkinson, Davis Allen, Terrance Ferguson and rookie Max Klare. The 2016 fourth-round pick has a pair of top-10 fantasy campaigns in his career, but the last one came in 2022 and he's finished 24th or worse in three consecutive seasons. Injuries have been part of the issue (21 missed games over the last two seasons), but so has a lesser role and minimal goal-line work (seven touchdowns and four end zone targets over the last three years). Now 33 years old, Higbee is likely third in line for targets at his position on his own team and, thus, nowhere close to fantasy relevance.