Start Amon-Ra St. Brown or Tee Higgins? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Tee Higgins in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Amon-Ra St. Brown at 17.7 points and Tee Higgins at 14.2, a gap of 3.5. Drafters take Amon-Ra St. Brown at ADP 7 and Tee Higgins at 37.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 17.7 fantasy points for Amon-Ra St. Brown, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Amon-Ra St. Brown is 77 receiving yards, 6-7 receptions and 0.6 touchdowns (11, 9 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 14.2 fantasy points for Tee Higgins, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tee Higgins is 65 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (5, 3 and 11 market sources).

That puts Amon-Ra St. Brown 3.5 points ahead of Tee Higgins on the market projections.

Week 8 matchups

Amon-Ra St. Brown and DET host MIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIN allowed 25.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 124 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against MIN.

Tee Higgins and CIN host TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 35.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 8th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 176 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against TEN.

By points allowed to the position, Tee Higgins has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Amon-Ra St. Brown is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.

Tee Higgins is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Amon-Ra St. Brown played 87 percent of DET snaps, drew 31 percent of the targets, earned 34 percent of the air yards and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 5 against ARI: 57 of 66 snaps, 11 targets and 6 catches for 69 yards.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 7 against GB: 53 of 68 snaps, 1 carry for -1 yards, 11 targets and 9 catches for 153 yards.

Through Week 7, Tee Higgins played 78 percent of CIN snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 45 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Tee Higgins, Week 5 against MIA: 45 of 65 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.

Tee Higgins, Week 7 against BAL: 46 of 53 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 148 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over CeeDee Lamb.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Christian Watson.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Drake London.
• Start A.J. Brown over Tee Higgins.
• Start Tee Higgins over Carnell Tate.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Tee Higgins.