Should I start Tee Higgins or George Pickens in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Tee Higgins's market-based projection is 13.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 55th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

George Pickens's market-based projection is 13.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 56th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tee Higgins, and the board ranks him 40th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Pickens, and the board ranks him 41st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Tee Higgins has been on the field for 77 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 43 targets have averaged 13.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 6 of 7 targets for 90 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 11 of 16 targets for 157 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIA he caught 2 of 4 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, George Pickens has been on the field for 85 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 3 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 52 targets have averaged 11.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against HOU he caught 2 of 3 targets for 75 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 9 of 13 targets for 130 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 6 of 11 targets for 73 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tee Higgins played 15 games and scored 211.6 PPR points, 14.1 a game, finishing WR15.

He caught 59 of 98 targets for 846 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 6-7 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 80 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 George Pickens played 17 games and scored 291.9 PPR points, 17.2 a game, finishing WR5.

He caught 93 of 137 targets for 1429 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 15.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 83 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

George Pickens was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 George Pickens scored 17.2 PPR points a game and Tee Higgins 14.1, 3.1 a game between them.

Tee Higgins finished WR15 that year and George Pickens WR5.

George Pickens had 39 more targets than Tee Higgins, 137 to 98.

George Pickens had 583 more receiving yards than Tee Higgins, 1429 to 846.

This season George Pickens holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 77 percent.

This season Tee Higgins holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 22 percent.

Byes and availability

Tee Higgins is off in Week 6 and George Pickens in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.2 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.