Start Tee Higgins or Davante Adams? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Tee Higgins over Davante Adams in Week 1.

De-vigged player props project Tee Higgins at 7.5 points and Davante Adams at 5.4, a gap of 2.1. Drafters take Tee Higgins at ADP 40 and Davante Adams at 42. Market coverage on Tee Higgins is 30 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 7.5 fantasy points for Tee Higgins, with 30 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

Player prop markets imply 5.4 fantasy points for Davante Adams, with 40 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

That puts Tee Higgins 2.1 points ahead of Davante Adams on the books.

Week 1 matchups

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

TB allowed 19.1 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 4th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 101 yards and no touchdowns against TB.

Davante Adams and LAR host SF on Thursday at 8:35 PM ET.

SF allowed 19.8 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 5th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 108 yards and no touchdowns against SF.

By points allowed to the position, Davante Adams has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Tee Higgins was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Davante Adams was not on the injury report when the call was made.

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.

Tee Higgins, Week 18 of 2025 against CLE: 9 targets and 6 catches for 67 yards, 1 touchdown, 18.7 PPR points.

Tee Higgins, Week 17 of 2025 against ARI: 44 of 77 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 59 yards, 9.9 PPR points.

Tee Higgins, Week 16 of 2025 against MIA: 38 of 61 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 53 yards, 1 touchdown, 14.3 PPR points.

In 2025, Davante Adams played 14 games for LAR and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets and 671 air yards.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Davante Adams, Week 15 of 2025 against DET: 33 of 72 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 71 yards, 11.1 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Tee Higgins scored 8.9 PPR points and Davante Adams scored 5.6.

The call was right: Tee Higgins outscored Davante Adams by 3.3.

Tee Higgins finished 1.4 points above the 7.5 the props implied.

Tee Higgins, Week 1 against TB: 46 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 59 yards, 8.9 PPR points.

Tee Higgins finished as the week's WR42 in PPR scoring.

Davante Adams finished 0.2 points above the 5.4 the props implied.

Davante Adams, Week 1 against SF: 33 of 61 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 26 yards, 5.6 PPR points.

Davante Adams finished as the week's WR67 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Tee Higgins over DeVonta Smith.
• Start Emeka Egbuka over Tee Higgins.
• Start Tee Higgins over Jameson Williams.
• Start Davante Adams over DJ Moore.
• Start Emeka Egbuka over Davante Adams.
• Start Jameson Williams over Davante Adams.