Jayden Reed or Tee Higgins: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jayden Reed: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 184th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tee Higgins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 190th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Jayden Reed, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Tee Higgins, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 2, Jayden Reed has been on the field for 32 percent of GB snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 5.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against MIN he caught 3 of 7 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NYJ he caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jayden Reed played 7 games and scored 48.5 PPR points, 6.9 a game, finishing WR114.

He caught 19 of 22 targets for 207 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 86 percent catch rate and 10.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 45 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 6-7 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.

Tee Higgins was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tee Higgins scored 14.1 PPR points a game and Jayden Reed 6.9, 7.2 a game between them.

Jayden Reed finished WR114 that year and Tee Higgins WR15.

Tee Higgins had 76 more targets than Jayden Reed, 98 to 22.

Tee Higgins had 639 more receiving yards than Jayden Reed, 846 to 207.

This season Tee Higgins holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 32 percent.

This season Tee Higgins holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Jayden Reed is off in Week 11 and Tee Higgins in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jayden Reed is listed as ir on the injury report.