Start Christian Watson or Tee Higgins? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Tee Higgins over Christian Watson in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Tee Higgins at 13.1 points and Christian Watson at 13.1, a gap of 0.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

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).

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

The market has Christian Watson at 60.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 35% chance to score a touchdown (16, 14 and 18 market sources).

That puts Tee Higgins 0.0 points ahead of Christian Watson on the market projections.

Injury status

Tee Higgins is not on the injury report.

Christian Watson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

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.

Through Week 4, Christian Watson played 79 percent of GB snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 25 percent of the air yards and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

Christian Watson, Week 1 against MIN: 52 of 68 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 147 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Christian Watson, Week 2 against NYJ: 53 of 59 snaps, 11 targets and 4 catches for 41 yards, 1 touchdown.

Christian Watson, Week 3 against ATL: 53 of 66 snaps, 10 targets and 7 catches for 96 yards, 1 touchdown.

Christian Watson, Week 4 against TB: 41 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 47 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Christian Watson played 10 games for GB and scored 132.4 PPR points, 13.2 a game, finishing WR46.

He caught 35 of 55 targets for 611 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 493 air yards.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 5 went

Tee Higgins scored 4.2 PPR points and Christian Watson scored 32.3.

The call was wrong: Christian Watson outscored Tee Higgins by 28.1.

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.

Christian Watson finished 19.2 points above the 13.1 the market projected.

Christian Watson, Week 5 against CHI: 8 targets and 6 catches for 143 yards, 2 touchdowns, 32.3 PPR points.

Christian Watson finished as the week's WR1 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 5 calls

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