Who Should I Start? Tyler Higbee or Kyle Pitts

Monday, March 3, 6:15 PM

Los Angeles Rams veteran tight end Tyler Higbee and veteran right tackle Rob Havenstein will both be back with the team in 2025, according to head coach Sean McVay. There were questions as to whether the Rams would keep either player after coming off recent injuries and heading into the last year of their respective deals. Even though Havenstein is expected to be back, The Athletic's Jourdan Rodriguez expects the Rams to target a right tackle in the upcoming NFL draft. Higbee, 32, had surgery on his knee and shoulder last offseason that forced him to miss all but three of the team's regular-season games in 2024. In his three games, he caught eight of 12 targets for 66 yards and two touchdowns and added 12 catches on 15 targets for 112 yards and a TD in two playoff games. With receiver Cooper Kupp likely to be traded this offseason, Higbee could be a sleeper TE to target in fantasy this fall.

Tuesday, May 27, 1:52 PM

Atlanta Falcons tight end Kyle Pitts is a no-show on Tuesday for the start of the organized team activities, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Pitts is heading into the fifth-year option season of his rookie deal, so perhaps he's looking for a contract extension despite the fact that he's been a pretty big disappointment to this point after being selected with the fourth overall pick in 2021 out of Florida. There probably aren't a lot of fantasy managers that will want the 24-year-old as their TE1 in 2025 after he posted a 47-602-4 line in 17 games (15 starts) in 2024 in his fourth year in the league. Pitts just hasn't been able to replicate his rookie campaign in which he had 68 receptions for 1,026 yards and one touchdown. Perhaps Pitts comes alive while working with quarterback Michael Penix Jr., but he'll be a low-end TE1, at best, in fantasy drafts this fall.