Kyle Pitts Sr. or Elijah Higgins: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Kyle Pitts Sr. at 6.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 131st highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Elijah Higgins at 3.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 167th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Pitts Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Kyle Pitts Sr. has been on the field for 53 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 7.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against CAR he caught 1 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 3 of 3 targets for 47 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 Kyle Pitts Sr. played 17 games and scored 210.8 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing TE2.

He caught 88 of 118 targets for 928 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 10.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyle Pitts Sr. scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Elijah Higgins 3.4, 9.0 a game between them.

Kyle Pitts Sr. finished TE2 that year and Elijah Higgins TE48.

Kyle Pitts Sr. had 81 more targets than Elijah Higgins, 118 to 37.

Kyle Pitts Sr. had 627 more receiving yards than Elijah Higgins, 928 to 301.

This season Kyle Pitts Sr. holds the bigger snap share, 53 percent against 33 percent.

This season Kyle Pitts Sr. holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 3 percent.

Byes and availability

Kyle Pitts Sr. is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Elijah Higgins.

What would change the answer

3.4 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.