Efton Chism or Tee Higgins: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Efton Chism: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 168th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tee Higgins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 172nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Efton Chism at 4.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 173rd highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

The market has Tee Higgins at 4.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Efton Chism has been on the field for 31 percent of NE snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 6.9 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against JAX he caught 1 of 2 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 2 of 4 targets for 42 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Efton Chism played 8 games and scored 16.5 PPR points, 2.1 a game.

He caught 3 of 3 targets for 75 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 0.4 targets a game, a 100 percent catch rate and 25.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 14 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.

Tee Higgins was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tee Higgins scored 14.1 PPR points a game and Efton Chism 2.1, 12.0 a game between them.

Tee Higgins had 95 more targets than Efton Chism, 98 to 3.

Tee Higgins had 771 more receiving yards than Efton Chism, 846 to 75.

This season Tee Higgins holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 31 percent.

This season Tee Higgins holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Tee Higgins is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Efton Chism.

Tee Higgins is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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