Jayden Daniels or Tee Higgins: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jayden Daniels: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 47th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 16.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tee Higgins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 48.

What the sportsbooks price

No sportsbook has posted a season market for Jayden Daniels, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.

The player markets price Tee Higgins at 12.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 75th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Jayden Daniels has been on the field for 77 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 61 times and thrown 9.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 4 of 61 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.

In Week 1 against PHI he completed 18 of 34 passes for 164 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 31 yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he completed 11 of 17 passes for 96 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 69 yards.

Through Week 2, Tee Higgins has been on the field for 72 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 13.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against TB he caught 3 of 6 targets for 59 yards and did not score.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jayden Daniels played 7 games and scored 117.3 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB34.

He threw for 1262 yards on 188 attempts with 8 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 278 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 26.9 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Tee Higgins was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jayden Daniels scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Tee Higgins 14.1, 2.6 a game between them.

Jayden Daniels finished QB34 and Tee Higgins WR15, which are two different ladders.

Jayden Daniels is a quarterback and Tee Higgins a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jayden Daniels is off in Week 7 and Tee Higgins in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jayden Daniels is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Jayden Daniels has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.