Should I start Mark Andrews or Tyler Higbee in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Mark Andrews's market-based projection is 8.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 94th highest figure of the 206 players with a market-based projection.

Tyler Higbee's market-based projection is 7.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 102nd highest figure of the 206 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mark Andrews: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 104th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Higbee: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 111th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Mark Andrews has been on the field for 65 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 2 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 6.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against DAL he caught 3 of 5 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TEN he caught 5 of 6 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against ATL he caught 4 of 6 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Tyler Higbee has been on the field for 53 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against DEN he caught 8 of 11 targets for 62 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against PHI he caught 5 of 6 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against BUF he caught 5 of 6 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mark Andrews played 17 games and scored 131.0 PPR points, 7.7 a game, finishing TE16.

He caught 48 of 70 targets for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.1 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Tyler Higbee played 10 games and scored 71.1 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing TE40.

He caught 25 of 36 targets for 281 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 3.6 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Mark Andrews was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Mark Andrews scored 7.7 PPR points a game and Tyler Higbee 7.1, 0.6 a game between them.

Mark Andrews finished TE16 that year and Tyler Higbee TE40.

Mark Andrews had 34 more targets than Tyler Higbee, 70 to 36.

Mark Andrews had 141 more receiving yards than Tyler Higbee, 422 to 281.

This season Mark Andrews holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 53 percent.

This season Mark Andrews holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Mark Andrews is off in Week 13 and Tyler Higbee in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.6 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 the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.