Start Tee Higgins or Davante Adams? Week 2

Our Week 2 call

Start Davante Adams over Tee Higgins in Week 2.

De-vigged player props project Davante Adams at 12.3 points and Tee Higgins at 11.9, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Davante Adams's number is scaled up from a partial market: the books have not posted every stat the position needs, so the rest is estimated from what they have. Drafters take Davante Adams at ADP 42 and Tee Higgins at 37.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 11.9 fantasy points for Tee Higgins, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

Player prop markets imply 12.3 fantasy points for Davante Adams, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

That puts Davante Adams 0.3 points ahead of Tee Higgins on the books.

Week 2 matchups

Tee Higgins and CIN visit HOU on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

HOU allowed 41.5 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 6th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 185 yards and 2 touchdowns against HOU.

Davante Adams and LAR host NYG on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

NYG allowed 29.2 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 15th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 112 yards and a touchdown against NYG.

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

Injury status

Tee Higgins is not on the injury report.

Davante Adams is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 2

Through Week 1, Tee Higgins played 72 percent of CIN snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 52 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

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

Through Week 1, Davante Adams played 54 percent of LAR snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 29 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

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

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.

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.

Their other Week 2 calls

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