Mason Taylor or Tee Higgins: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mason Taylor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 170th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tee Higgins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 171st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Mason Taylor at 4.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 160th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

The market has Tee Higgins at 4.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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 so far

Through Week 2, Mason Taylor has been on the field for 55 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 0.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against TEN he caught 2 of 3 targets for -2 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against GB he was not given the ball.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mason Taylor played 13 games and scored 88.9 PPR points, 6.8 a game, finishing TE32.

He caught 44 of 65 targets for 369 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 8.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 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 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tee Higgins scored 14.1 PPR points a game and Mason Taylor 6.8, 7.3 a game between them.

Mason Taylor finished TE32 and Tee Higgins WR15, which are two different ladders.

Mason Taylor is a tight end 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

Tee Higgins is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Mason Taylor.

Tee Higgins is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Tee Higgins is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.