Should I start Tee Higgins or Tetairoa McMillan in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tee Higgins, and the board ranks him 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tetairoa McMillan, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tee Higgins is 4.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Tetairoa McMillan is 3.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Tee Higgins's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Tee Higgins has been on the field for 78 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 1 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 12 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 67 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 6 of 7 targets for 148 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against TEN he caught 10 of 11 targets for 155 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 9 against ATL he caught 5 of 6 targets for 32 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 9, Tetairoa McMillan has been on the field for 83 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 4 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 71 targets have averaged 11.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against TB he caught 4 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against GB he caught 6 of 11 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against DEN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 56 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Tetairoa McMillan played 17 games and scored 211.4 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR16.

He caught 70 of 122 targets for 1014 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 57 percent catch rate and 15 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tetairoa McMillan was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tee Higgins scored 14.1 PPR points a game and Tetairoa McMillan 12.4, 1.7 a game between them.

Tee Higgins finished WR15 that year and Tetairoa McMillan WR16.

Tetairoa McMillan had 24 more targets than Tee Higgins, 122 to 98.

Tetairoa McMillan had 168 more receiving yards than Tee Higgins, 1014 to 846.

This season Tetairoa McMillan holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 78 percent.

This season Tetairoa McMillan holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 23 percent.

Byes and availability

Tee Higgins is off in Week 6 and Tetairoa McMillan in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.