Start Jaylen Waddle or Tee Higgins? Week 2

Our Week 2 call

Start Jaylen Waddle over Tee Higgins in Week 2.

De-vigged player props project Jaylen Waddle at 12.9 points and Tee Higgins at 11.9, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Jaylen Waddle'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 Jaylen Waddle at ADP 43 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 12.9 fantasy points for Jaylen Waddle, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

That puts Jaylen Waddle 1.0 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.

Jaylen Waddle and DEN host JAX on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

JAX allowed 26.3 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 15th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 128 yards and a touchdown against JAX.

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

Injury status

Tee Higgins is not on the injury report.

Jaylen Waddle 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, Jaylen Waddle played 75 percent of DEN snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaylen Waddle, Week 1 against KC: 38 of 51 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 2 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, Jaylen Waddle played 16 games for MIA and scored 194.1 PPR points, 12.1 a game, finishing WR24.

He caught 64 of 100 targets for 910 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 682 air yards.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Jaylen Waddle, Week 17 of 2025 against TB: 14 of 55 snaps, 1 carry for 7 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards, 0.7 PPR points.

Jaylen Waddle, Week 16 of 2025 against CIN: 42 of 59 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 72 yards, 12.2 PPR points.

Their other Week 2 calls

• Start Davante Adams over Tee Higgins.
• Start Tee Higgins over DeVonta Smith.
• Start Tee Higgins over Emeka Egbuka.
• Start Jaylen Waddle over Christian Watson.
• Start Jaylen Waddle over Davante Adams.
• Start DeVonta Smith over Jaylen Waddle.