Start Amon-Ra St. Brown or Tee Higgins? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Tee Higgins in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Amon-Ra St. Brown at 20.5 points and Tee Higgins at 13.1, a gap of 7.4.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 20.5 fantasy points for Amon-Ra St. Brown, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Amon-Ra St. Brown at 81.5 receiving yards and 7.5 receptions, with a 56% chance to score a touchdown (18, 14 and 18 market sources).

Player markets imply 13.1 fantasy points for Tee Higgins, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Tee Higgins at 55.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 40% chance to score a touchdown (17, 14 and 17 market sources).

That puts Amon-Ra St. Brown 7.4 points ahead of Tee Higgins on the market projections.

Injury status

Amon-Ra St. Brown is not on the injury report.

Tee Higgins is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Amon-Ra St. Brown played 89 percent of DET snaps, drew 29 percent of the targets, earned 30 percent of the air yards and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 1 against NO: 69 of 77 snaps, 14 targets and 10 catches for 67 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 2 against BUF: 62 of 65 snaps, 13 targets and 9 catches for 142 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 3 against NYJ: 48 of 65 snaps, 8 targets and 4 catches for 19 yards, 1 touchdown.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 4 against CAR: 68 of 71 snaps, 11 targets and 8 catches for 75 yards.

Through Week 4, Tee Higgins played 79 percent of CIN snaps, drew 25 percent of the targets, earned 46 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Tee Higgins, Week 1 against TB: 46 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 59 yards.

Tee Higgins, Week 2 against HOU: 43 of 60 snaps, 10 targets and 5 catches for 95 yards.

Tee Higgins, Week 3 against PIT: 53 of 57 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 90 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tee Higgins, Week 4 against JAX: 60 of 76 snaps, 16 targets and 11 catches for 157 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Amon-Ra St. Brown played 17 games for DET and scored 324.0 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing WR3.

He caught 117 of 172 targets for 1401 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 34 red zone targets and 831 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Tee Higgins played 15 games for CIN 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 and 680 air yards.

He was on the field for 80 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 5 went

Amon-Ra St. Brown scored 12.9 PPR points and Tee Higgins scored 4.2.

The call was right: Amon-Ra St. Brown outscored Tee Higgins by 8.7.

Amon-Ra St. Brown finished 7.6 points below the 20.5 the market projected.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 5 against ARI: 11 targets and 6 catches for 69 yards, 12.9 PPR points.

Amon-Ra St. Brown finished as the week's WR19 in PPR scoring.

Tee Higgins finished 8.9 points below the 13.1 the market projected.

Tee Higgins, Week 5 against MIA: 4 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards, 4.2 PPR points.

Tee Higgins finished as the week's WR59 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over CeeDee Lamb.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Chris Olave.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Davante Adams.
• Start Chris Olave over Tee Higgins.
• Start Tee Higgins over Christian Watson.
• Start Davante Adams over Tee Higgins.