Elijah Higgins or Daniel Bellinger: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Elijah Higgins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 206th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Daniel Bellinger: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 224th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Elijah Higgins at 2.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 186th highest figure of the 213 players the market prices.

The market has Daniel Bellinger at 1.5 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 14 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a tight end's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Daniel Bellinger's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Elijah Higgins has been on the field for 33 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

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

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.

Through Week 4, Daniel Bellinger has been on the field for 42 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against PHI he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NYG he caught 2 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 2 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 Daniel Bellinger played 16 games and scored 59.6 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE46.

He caught 19 of 26 targets for 286 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 48 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Elijah Higgins was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Daniel Bellinger scored 3.7 PPR points a game and Elijah Higgins 3.4, 0.3 a game between them.

Elijah Higgins finished TE48 that year and Daniel Bellinger TE46.

Elijah Higgins had 11 more targets than Daniel Bellinger, 37 to 26.

Elijah Higgins had 15 more receiving yards than Daniel Bellinger, 301 to 286.

This season Daniel Bellinger holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 33 percent.

This season Daniel Bellinger holds the bigger target share, 5 percent against 3 percent.

What would change the answer

Daniel Bellinger is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.