Gunnar Helm or Elijah Higgins: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Gunnar Helm at 5.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 139th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Elijah Higgins at 2.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 169th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Gunnar Helm: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Elijah Higgins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 178th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Gunnar Helm has been on the field for 79 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 3.8 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against NYG he caught 2 of 4 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 5 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

In 2025 Gunnar Helm played 16 games and scored 91.7 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE31.

He caught 44 of 55 targets for 357 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 8.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Elijah Higgins was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Gunnar Helm scored 5.7 PPR points a game and Elijah Higgins 3.4, 2.3 a game between them.

Gunnar Helm finished TE31 that year and Elijah Higgins TE48.

Gunnar Helm had 18 more targets than Elijah Higgins, 55 to 37.

Gunnar Helm had 56 more receiving yards than Elijah Higgins, 357 to 301.

This season Gunnar Helm holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 33 percent.

This season Gunnar Helm holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 3 percent.

What would change the answer

2.6 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.