Start Elijah Higgins or Daniel Bellinger? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Daniel Bellinger over Elijah Higgins in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Daniel Bellinger at 3.0 points and Elijah Higgins at 2.7, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Daniel Bellinger's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Market coverage on Daniel Bellinger is 60 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 3.0 fantasy points for Daniel Bellinger, with 60 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market gives Daniel Bellinger a 7% chance to score a touchdown (13 market sources).

Player markets imply 2.7 fantasy points for Elijah Higgins, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market gives Elijah Higgins a 9% chance to score a touchdown (13 market sources).

That puts Daniel Bellinger 0.3 points ahead of Elijah Higgins on the market projections.

Injury status

Daniel Bellinger is not on the injury report.

Elijah Higgins is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Daniel Bellinger played 42 percent of TEN snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 0 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Daniel Bellinger, Week 1 against NYJ: 14 of 50 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Daniel Bellinger, Week 2 against PHI: 24 of 53 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Daniel Bellinger, Week 3 against NYG: 24 of 60 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.

Daniel Bellinger, Week 4 against BAL: 33 of 64 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards.

Through Week 4, Elijah Higgins played 33 percent of ARI snaps, drew 3 percent of the targets, earned 1 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Elijah Higgins, Week 1 against LAC: 20 of 75 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Elijah Higgins, Week 2 against SEA: 13 of 50 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Elijah Higgins, Week 3 against SF: 35 of 87 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 20 yards.

Elijah Higgins, Week 4 against NYG: 24 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Daniel Bellinger played 16 games for NYG and scored 59.6 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE46.

He caught 19 of 26 targets for 286 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 154 air yards.

He was on the field for 48 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Elijah Higgins played 17 games for ARI and scored 58.1 PPR points, 3.4 a game, finishing TE48.

He caught 30 of 37 targets for 301 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 92 air yards.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Daniel Bellinger over Brevin Jordan.
• Start Daniel Bellinger over Brevyn Spann-Ford.
• Start Foster Moreau over Daniel Bellinger.
• Start Elijah Higgins over Brevyn Spann-Ford.
• Start Brock Bowers over Elijah Higgins.
• Start Cole Kmet over Elijah Higgins.