Alec Pierce or Tee Higgins: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Alec Pierce: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 158th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tee Higgins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 160th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

No season market is posted for Alec Pierce, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Tee Higgins, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 2, Alec Pierce has been on the field for 41 percent of IND snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 16.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he caught 4 of 6 targets for 61 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against KC he caught 1 of 1 target for 11 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Tee Higgins has been on the field for 79 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 43 targets have averaged 13.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 6 of 7 targets for 90 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 11 of 16 targets for 157 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIA he caught 2 of 4 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Alec Pierce played 15 games and scored 183.3 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR28.

He caught 47 of 84 targets for 1003 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 56 percent catch rate and 21.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Tee Higgins played 15 games and scored 211.6 PPR points, 14.1 a game, finishing WR15.

He caught 59 of 98 targets for 846 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 6.5 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 80 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 15 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Tee Higgins scored 14.1 PPR points a game and Alec Pierce 12.2, 1.9 a game between them.

Alec Pierce finished WR28 that year and Tee Higgins WR15.

Tee Higgins had 14 more targets than Alec Pierce, 98 to 84.

Alec Pierce had 157 more receiving yards than Tee Higgins, 1003 to 846.

This season Tee Higgins holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 41 percent.

This season Tee Higgins holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Alec Pierce is off in Week 13 and Tee Higgins in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Alec Pierce is listed as ir on the injury report.