Tee Higgins or Ja'Marr Chase: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tee Higgins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 153rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ja'Marr Chase: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 157th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

What the player markets price

The market has Tee Higgins at 4.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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 market has Ja'Marr Chase at 4.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Tee Higgins has been on the field for 79 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 13.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against HOU he caught 5 of 10 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 4, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 72 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 8.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against HOU he caught 7 of 9 targets for 75 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 9 of 12 targets for 98 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 3 of 3 targets for 27 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 6.5 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 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ja'Marr Chase was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase scored 19.6 PPR points a game and Tee Higgins 14.1, 5.5 a game between them.

Tee Higgins finished WR15 that year and Ja'Marr Chase WR4.

Ja'Marr Chase had 87 more targets than Tee Higgins, 185 to 98.

Ja'Marr Chase had 566 more receiving yards than Tee Higgins, 1412 to 846.

This season Tee Higgins holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 72 percent.

This season Tee Higgins holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 6, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Tee Higgins is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Ja'Marr Chase is listed as questionable on the injury report.