Should I start Tee Higgins or DK Metcalf in Week 10?

The market-based projections

Tee Higgins's market-based projection is 16.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 10th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

DK Metcalf's market-based projection is 11.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 20th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tee Higgins, and the board ranks him 14th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DK Metcalf, and the board ranks him 22nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 9, Tee Higgins has been on the field for 78 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 1 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 12 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 67 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 6 of 7 targets for 148 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against TEN he caught 10 of 11 targets for 155 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 9 against ATL he caught 5 of 6 targets for 32 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 8, DK Metcalf has been on the field for 95 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 20 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 2 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 64 targets have averaged 12.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 11 of 15 targets for 93 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NO he caught 2 of 6 targets for 56 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CLE he caught 1 of 6 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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 6-7 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.

In 2025 DK Metcalf played 15 games and scored 187.2 PPR points, 12.5 a game, finishing WR26.

He caught 59 of 99 targets for 850 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 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 DK Metcalf 12.5, 1.6 a game between them.

Tee Higgins finished WR15 that year and DK Metcalf WR26.

DK Metcalf had 1 more targets than Tee Higgins, 99 to 98.

DK Metcalf had 4 more receiving yards than Tee Higgins, 850 to 846.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger snap share, 95 percent against 78 percent.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 23 percent.

Byes and availability

Tee Higgins is off in Week 6 and DK Metcalf in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

5.0 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.