Start Tee Higgins or Malik Nabers? Week 9
Updated Nov 4, 4:06 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
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Start Tee Higgins over Malik Nabers
- Market projects
- 16.8
- fantasy pts
- ATL D vs WR
- 30.1
- 15th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 80%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 23%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 15.5
- fantasy pts
- PHI D vs WR
- 39.4
- 2nd most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 76%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 30%
- Through Week 7
Should I drop Tee Higgins for Malik Nabers?
Not on these numbers alone. Tee Higgins projects 123 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (13.7 a game over 9 games) and Malik Nabers 125 (13.9 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Tee Higgins over Malik Nabers, 16.8 to 15.5 projected PPR points.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Tee Higgins over Malik Nabers in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Tee Higgins at 16.8 points and Malik Nabers at 15.5, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Drafters take Tee Higgins at ADP 37 and Malik Nabers at 35.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 16.8 fantasy points for Tee Higgins, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market-based projection for Tee Higgins is 77 receiving yards, 5-6 receptions and 0.6 touchdowns (13, 11 and 13 market sources).
Player markets imply 15.5 fantasy points for Malik Nabers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market-based projection for Malik Nabers is 74 receiving yards, 5-6 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (11, 9 and 10 market sources).
That puts Tee Higgins 1.3 points ahead of Malik Nabers on the market projections.
Week 9 matchups
Tee Higgins and CIN visit ATL on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.
ATL allowed 30.1 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 15th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 149 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against ATL.
Malik Nabers and NYG visit PHI on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
PHI allowed 39.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 2nd most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 183 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against PHI.
By points allowed to the position, Malik Nabers has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Tee Higgins is not on the injury report.
Malik Nabers is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Tee Higgins played 80 percent of CIN snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 41 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
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.
Tee Higgins, Week 8 against TEN: 65 of 74 snaps, 11 targets and 10 catches for 155 yards, 2 touchdowns.
Through Week 7, Malik Nabers played 76 percent of NYG snaps, drew 30 percent of the targets, earned 36 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.
Malik Nabers, Week 4 against ARI: 51 of 67 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 112 yards, 1 touchdown.
Malik Nabers, Week 5 against WAS: 80 of 89 snaps, 20 targets and 11 catches for 121 yards, 1 touchdown.
Malik Nabers, Week 6 against NO: 66 of 77 snaps, 15 targets and 12 catches for 165 yards.
Malik Nabers, Week 7 against HOU: 48 of 66 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 111 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.
In 2025, Malik Nabers played 4 games for NYG and scored 57.1 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing WR101.
He caught 18 of 35 targets for 271 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets and 219 air yards.
He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Tee Higgins for Malik Nabers?
Not on these numbers alone. Tee Higgins projects 123 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (13.7 a game over 9 games) and Malik Nabers 125 (13.9 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Tee Higgins over Malik Nabers, 16.8 to 15.5 projected PPR points.
Should I drop Malik Nabers for Tee Higgins?
Not on these numbers alone. Malik Nabers projects 125 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (13.9 a game over 9 games) and Tee Higgins 123 (13.7 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Tee Higgins over Malik Nabers, 16.8 to 15.5 projected PPR points.
Week 9 on the board
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- Is Malik Nabers playing Week 9?
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