Start Elijah Higgins or Theo Johnson? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Elijah Higgins over Theo Johnson in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Elijah Higgins at 2.9 points and Theo Johnson at 2.0, a gap of 0.9. 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 2.9 fantasy points for Elijah Higgins, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market gives Elijah Higgins a 8% chance to score a touchdown (14 market sources).

Player markets imply 2.0 fantasy points for Theo Johnson, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market gives Theo Johnson a 11% chance to score a touchdown (14 market sources).

That puts Elijah Higgins 0.9 points ahead of Theo Johnson on the market projections.

Injury status

Elijah Higgins is not on the injury report.

Theo Johnson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

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.

Through Week 4, Theo Johnson played 31 percent of NYG snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Theo Johnson, Week 1 against DAL: 32 of 69 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Theo Johnson, Week 2 against LAR: 16 of 58 snaps, 4 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Theo Johnson, Week 3 against TEN: 11 of 64 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Theo Johnson, Week 4 against ARI: 22 of 67 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 11 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Theo Johnson played 15 games for NYG and scored 127.8 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing TE18.

He caught 45 of 74 targets for 528 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 341 air yards.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Elijah Higgins over Brevyn Spann-Ford.
• Start Brock Bowers over Elijah Higgins.
• Start Cole Kmet over Elijah Higgins.
• Start Theo Johnson over Brevin Jordan.
• Start Theo Johnson over Brevyn Spann-Ford.
• Start Brock Bowers over Theo Johnson.