Start Parker Washington or Tee Higgins? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Tee Higgins over Parker Washington in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Tee Higgins at 13.9 points and Parker Washington at 13.5, a gap of 0.4. 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 13.9 fantasy points for Tee Higgins, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Tee Higgins at 60.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 43% chance to score a touchdown (13, 11 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 13.5 fantasy points for Parker Washington, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Parker Washington at 60.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 39% chance to score a touchdown (17, 14 and 17 market sources).

That puts Tee Higgins 0.4 points ahead of Parker Washington on the market projections.

Week 5 matchups

Parker Washington and JAX host PHI on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

PHI allowed 37.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 10th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 162 yards and a touchdown a game against PHI.

Injury status

Tee Higgins is listed as questionable.

Parker Washington is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Tee Higgins played 79 percent of CIN snaps, drew 25 percent of the targets, earned 46 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

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

Tee Higgins, Week 2 against HOU: 43 of 60 snaps, 10 targets and 5 catches for 95 yards.

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.

Through Week 4, Parker Washington played 76 percent of JAX snaps, drew 26 percent of the targets, earned 41 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Parker Washington, Week 1 against CLE: 35 of 57 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 83 yards, 1 touchdown.

Parker Washington, Week 2 against DEN: 48 of 59 snaps, 12 targets and 7 catches for 98 yards.

Parker Washington, Week 3 against NE: 50 of 62 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown.

Parker Washington, Week 4 against CIN: 49 of 61 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 7 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, Parker Washington played 16 games for JAX and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 582 air yards.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 5 went

Tee Higgins scored 4.2 PPR points and Parker Washington scored 30.4.

The call was wrong: Parker Washington outscored Tee Higgins by 26.2.

Tee Higgins finished 9.7 points below the 13.9 the market projected.

Tee Higgins, Week 5 against MIA: 4 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards, 4.2 PPR points.

Tee Higgins finished as the week's WR59 in PPR scoring.

Parker Washington finished 16.9 points above the 13.5 the market projected.

Parker Washington, Week 5 against PHI: 9 targets and 6 catches for 124 yards, 2 touchdowns, 30.4 PPR points.

Parker Washington finished as the week's WR2 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Tee Higgins.
• Start Chris Olave over Tee Higgins.
• Start Tee Higgins over Christian Watson.
• Start Carnell Tate over Parker Washington.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Parker Washington.
• Start Chris Olave over Parker Washington.