Amon-Ra St. Brown or Tee Higgins: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Amon-Ra St. Brown at 20.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 8th highest figure of the 214 players the market prices.

The player markets price Tee Higgins at 12.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 54th highest figure of the 214 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Amon-Ra St. Brown: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 6th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 11.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tee Higgins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 38th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Amon-Ra St. Brown has been on the field for 89 percent of DET snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 36 third down targets, had 3 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 8.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against BUF he caught 9 of 13 targets for 142 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against NYJ he caught 4 of 8 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 8 of 11 targets for 75 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Tee Higgins has been on the field for 79 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 13.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against HOU he caught 5 of 10 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Amon-Ra St. Brown played 17 games and scored 324.0 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing WR3.

He caught 117 of 172 targets for 1401 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 34 red zone targets.

That came to 10.1 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 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.

Amon-Ra St. Brown was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Amon-Ra St. Brown scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Tee Higgins 14.1, 5.0 a game between them.

Amon-Ra St. Brown finished WR3 that year and Tee Higgins WR15.

Amon-Ra St. Brown had 74 more targets than Tee Higgins, 172 to 98.

Amon-Ra St. Brown had 555 more receiving yards than Tee Higgins, 1401 to 846.

This season Amon-Ra St. Brown holds the bigger snap share, 89 percent against 79 percent.

This season Amon-Ra St. Brown holds the bigger target share, 29 percent against 25 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 6, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

7.5 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.