Tyler Higbee or Cooper Kupp: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Tyler Higbee at 7.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 129th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

The player markets price Cooper Kupp at 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 134th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Higbee: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 130th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cooper Kupp: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 131st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Tyler Higbee has been on the field for 49 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 7.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against NYG he was not given the ball.

In Week 3 against DEN he caught 8 of 11 targets for 62 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against PHI he caught 5 of 6 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Cooper Kupp has been on the field for 60 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 9.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against ARI he caught 2 of 2 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against WAS he caught 4 of 5 targets for 46 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against LAC he caught 1 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tyler Higbee played 10 games and scored 71.1 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing TE40.

He caught 25 of 36 targets for 281 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 3.6 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Cooper Kupp played 16 games and scored 117.3 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR53.

He caught 47 of 70 targets for 593 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 12.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Cooper Kupp was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Cooper Kupp scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Tyler Higbee 7.1, 0.2 a game between them.

Tyler Higbee finished TE40 and Cooper Kupp WR53, which are two different ladders.

Tyler Higbee is a tight end and Cooper Kupp a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Cooper Kupp is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Tyler Higbee.

What would change the answer

0.7 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.