Tyler Higbee or Michael Pittman Jr.: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Tyler Higbee at 7.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 129th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

The player markets price Michael Pittman Jr. at 6.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 2 market sources. That is the 132nd highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Higbee: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 130th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Pittman Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 129th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Tyler Higbee has been on the field for 49 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 7.9 air yards.

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

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.

Through Week 4, Michael Pittman Jr. has been on the field for 78 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 9.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 3 of 3 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 2 of 5 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

The season feed carries no line for Michael Pittman Jr. in the last completed season.

Side by side

Tyler Higbee is a tight end and Michael Pittman Jr. a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Michael Pittman Jr. is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Tyler Higbee.

Michael Pittman Jr. is listed as out on the injury report.

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 price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.