Eli Raridon or Elijah Higgins: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Eli Raridon at 3.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 190th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

The player markets price Elijah Higgins at 2.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 192nd highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Eli Raridon: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 197th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Elijah Higgins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 204th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Eli Raridon has been on the field for 46 percent of NE snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 2 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 10.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against PIT he caught 1 of 1 target for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 1 of 2 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

Eli Raridon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Head to head

This season Eli Raridon holds the bigger snap share, 46 percent against 33 percent.

This season Eli Raridon holds the bigger target share, 5 percent against 3 percent.

What would change the answer

0.4 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.