Rashod Bateman or Tee Higgins: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashod Bateman: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 158th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tee Higgins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 172nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Rashod Bateman at 4.6 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 163rd highest figure of the 218 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 through Week 4

Through Week 4, Rashod Bateman has been on the field for 76 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 1 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 13.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against NO he caught 7 of 9 targets for 88 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against DAL he caught 2 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TEN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

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 Rashod Bateman played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing WR102.

He caught 19 of 38 targets for 224 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.9 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 69 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.

Head to head

In 2025 Tee Higgins scored 14.1 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 9.8 a game between them.

Rashod Bateman finished WR102 that year and Tee Higgins WR15.

Tee Higgins had 60 more targets than Rashod Bateman, 98 to 38.

Tee Higgins had 622 more receiving yards than Rashod Bateman, 846 to 224.

This season Tee Higgins holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 76 percent.

This season Tee Higgins holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Rashod Bateman is off in Week 13 and Tee Higgins in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

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.