Puka Nacua

Higbee was activated from injured reserve earlier this week but then missed Thursday's practice with an illness. He returned to the field on Friday and is ready to make his 2024 debut after missing the first three months of the season while recovering from the torn ACL he suffered in January. With Puka Nacua and Cooper Kupp dominating the targets in LA, Higbee won't crack the TE2 ranks for Week 16.

The highest-graded wide receivers through 15 weeks of the 2024 NFL season, headlined by Los Angeles Rams star Puka Nacua.

Higbee is not a recommended waiver target with Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua producing and commanding heavy target volumes, but it's certainly not out of the realm of possibility that he can come back and be a low-end TE1 for the remainder of the season. He tore his ACL in January and spent almost the entire allotment of his 21-day window practicing with the team before being activated.

Rams TE Tyler Higbee (knee) is expected to make his 2024 debut vs. the Jets next week, HC Sean McVay said Friday. Higbee has been working his way back from last January's torn ACL and MCL. He figures to be eased back in and won't be a big part of a passing game dominated by WRs Puka Nacua and Cooper Kupp. Higbee can be left on fantasy waiver wires.

McVay noted that Higbee still needs to make it through next week's practices without any setbacks and nothing is finalized ye. Still, all signs point to the veteran tight end making his debut in Week 16. Higbee has been practicing in full for multiple weeks as part of his return from the torn ACL he suffered in the playoffs last season. With Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua dominating the looks for LA, Higbee is not on the fantasy radar for his 2024 debut.