Jordan Addison or Elijah Higgins: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jordan Addison: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 176th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Elijah Higgins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 179th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Jordan Addison at 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 15 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.

The player markets price Elijah Higgins at 2.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 168th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jordan Addison has been on the field for 92 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 12.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 2 of 5 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 5 of 9 targets for 90 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against MIA he carried 1 time for -1 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 52 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 Jordan Addison played 14 games and scored 135.1 PPR points, 9.7 a game, finishing WR45.

He caught 42 of 79 targets for 610 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 14.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 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 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jordan Addison scored 9.7 PPR points a game and Elijah Higgins 3.4, 6.2 a game between them.

Jordan Addison finished WR45 and Elijah Higgins TE48, which are two different ladders.

Jordan Addison is a wide receiver and Elijah Higgins a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jordan Addison is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Elijah Higgins.

Jordan Addison is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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