Start Tee Higgins or George Pickens? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start George Pickens over Tee Higgins in Week 8.

Market-based projections have George Pickens at 15.4 points and Tee Higgins at 14.2, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for George Pickens this week yet, so his 15.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (17.4, 15.4 and 13.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take George Pickens at ADP 19 and Tee Higgins at 37.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for George Pickens yet. His market-based projections were 17.4, 15.4 and 13.6 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 15.4, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for George Pickens is 0.6 touchdowns (6 market sources).

Player markets imply 14.2 fantasy points for Tee Higgins, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tee Higgins is 65 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (5, 3 and 11 market sources).

That puts George Pickens 1.3 points ahead of Tee Higgins on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

George Pickens and DAL host ARI on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ARI allowed 33.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 12th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 153 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against ARI.

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

TEN allowed 35.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 8th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 176 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against TEN.

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

Injury status

George Pickens is not on the injury report.

Tee Higgins is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, George Pickens played 82 percent of DAL snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 30 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

George Pickens, Week 4 against HOU: 67 of 78 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 75 yards.

George Pickens, Week 5 against TB: 53 of 60 snaps, 13 targets and 9 catches for 130 yards, 1 touchdown.

George Pickens, Week 6 against GB: 69 of 78 snaps, 11 targets and 6 catches for 73 yards.

George Pickens, Week 7 against PHI: 41 of 68 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 57 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Tee Higgins played 78 percent of CIN snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 45 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Tee Higgins, Week 5 against MIA: 45 of 65 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.

Tee Higgins, Week 7 against BAL: 46 of 53 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 148 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, George Pickens played 17 games for DAL and scored 291.9 PPR points, 17.2 a game, finishing WR5.

He caught 93 of 137 targets for 1429 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets and 950 air yards.

He was on the field for 83 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start George Pickens over A.J. Brown.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over George Pickens.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over George Pickens.
• Start A.J. Brown over Tee Higgins.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Tee Higgins.
• Start Tee Higgins over Carnell Tate.