Elijah Higgins or Makai Lemon: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

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.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Makai Lemon: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 180th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

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.

The market has Makai Lemon at 1.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 14 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.

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

This season through Week 4

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.

Through Week 4, Makai Lemon has been on the field for 67 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 1 time for -5 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 29 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 6 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

Makai Lemon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

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

Byes and availability

Makai Lemon is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Elijah Higgins.

What would change the answer

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