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Start Tee Higgins or Amon-Ra St. Brown? Week 9

Updated Nov 3, 6:16 AM ET.

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  • : Amon-Ra St. Brown: Listed Questionable (Undisclosed) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Tee Higgins

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Amon-Ra St. Brown

WR · DET · at MIA · Questionable

Market projects
19.4
recent weeks avg
MIA D vs WR
23.8
3rd fewest to WRs (2026)
Snap share
87%
Through Week 8
Target share
31%
Through Week 8
Sit

Tee Higgins

WR · CIN · at ATL

Market projects
16.4
fantasy pts
ATL D vs WR
34.4
11th most to WRs (2026)
Snap share
78%
Through Week 8
Target share
23%
Through Week 8

Should I drop Tee Higgins for Amon-Ra St. Brown?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Amon-Ra St. Brown projects 179 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (19.9 a game over 9 games), Tee Higgins 122 (13.6 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Amon-Ra St. Brown over Tee Higgins. Amon-Ra St. Brown is listed questionable.

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Our Week 9 call

Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Tee Higgins in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Amon-Ra St. Brown at 19.4 points and Tee Higgins at 16.4, a gap of 3.0. No player market is posted for Amon-Ra St. Brown this week yet, so his 19.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (20.0 and 18.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Amon-Ra St. Brown at ADP 7 and Tee Higgins at 37.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Amon-Ra St. Brown yet. His market-based projections were 20.0 and 18.7 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 19.4, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for Amon-Ra St. Brown is 0.8 touchdowns (5 market sources).

Player markets imply 16.4 fantasy points for Tee Higgins, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tee Higgins is 74 receiving yards, 5-6 receptions and 0.6 touchdowns (7, 7 and 7 market sources).

That puts Amon-Ra St. Brown 3.0 points ahead of Tee Higgins on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

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

MIA allowed 23.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 116 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against MIA.

Tee Higgins and CIN visit ATL on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

ATL allowed 34.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 11th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 170 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against ATL.

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

Injury status

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

Tee Higgins is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, 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 18 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, Week 8 against MIN: 1 carry for 10 yards, 8 targets and 7 catches for 46 yards.

Through Week 8, Tee Higgins played 78 percent of CIN snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 41 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Tee Higgins, Week 8 against TEN: 11 targets and 10 catches for 155 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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 9 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Tee Higgins for Amon-Ra St. Brown?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Amon-Ra St. Brown projects 179 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (19.9 a game over 9 games), Tee Higgins 122 (13.6 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Amon-Ra St. Brown over Tee Higgins. Amon-Ra St. Brown is listed questionable.

  • Should I drop Amon-Ra St. Brown for Tee Higgins?

    No. Keep Amon-Ra St. Brown: he projects 179 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (19.9 a game over 9 games), Tee Higgins 122 (13.6 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Amon-Ra St. Brown over Tee Higgins. Amon-Ra St. Brown is listed questionable.

Week 9 on the board

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