Elijah Higgins or A.J. Brown: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Elijah Higgins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 136th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on A.J. Brown: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 23.

The market-based projections

Elijah Higgins's market-based projection is 3.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 130th highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

The market has A.J. Brown at 3.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

A.J. Brown's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Elijah Higgins has been on the field for 37 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 1 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 4.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against SF he caught 3 of 3 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYG he caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against DET he caught 3 of 3 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, A.J. Brown has been on the field for 44 percent of NE snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 11 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 4.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he caught 3 of 4 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Elijah Higgins played 17 games and scored 58.1 PPR points, 3.4 a game, finishing TE48.

He caught 30 of 37 targets for 301 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.2 targets a game, a 81 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 A.J. Brown played 15 games and scored 220.3 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing WR11.

He caught 78 of 121 targets for 1003 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Elijah Higgins was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 A.J. Brown scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Elijah Higgins 3.4, 11.3 a game between them.

Elijah Higgins finished TE48 and A.J. Brown WR11, which are two different ladders.

Elijah Higgins is a tight end and A.J. Brown a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

A.J. Brown is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Elijah Higgins.

A.J. Brown is listed as ir on the injury report.

What would change the answer

A.J. Brown is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.