Start Tee Higgins or Tre' Harris? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Tee Higgins over Tre' Harris in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Tee Higgins at 13.1 points and Tre' Harris at 11.3, a gap of 1.7.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 13.1 fantasy points for Tee Higgins, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Tee Higgins at 55.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 40% chance to score a touchdown (17, 14 and 17 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.3 fantasy points for Tre' Harris, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Tre' Harris at 49.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 27% chance to score a touchdown (15, 11 and 17 market sources).

That puts Tee Higgins 1.7 points ahead of Tre' Harris on the market projections.

Injury status

Tee Higgins is not on the injury report.

Tre' Harris is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

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, Tre' Harris played 77 percent of LAC snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 24 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Tre' Harris, Week 1 against ARI: 41 of 55 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 20 yards.

Tre' Harris, Week 2 against LV: 56 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 53 yards.

Tre' Harris, Week 3 against BUF: 40 of 69 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 76 yards.

Tre' Harris, Week 4 against SEA: 66 of 71 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 60 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, Tre' Harris played 17 games for LAC and scored 69.4 PPR points, 4.1 a game, finishing WR90.

He caught 30 of 43 targets for 324 yards and 1 touchdown, with 4 red zone targets and 185 air yards.

He was on the field for 45 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 5 went

Tee Higgins scored 4.2 PPR points and Tre' Harris scored 3.6.

The call was right: Tee Higgins outscored Tre' Harris by 0.6.

Tee Higgins finished 8.9 points below the 13.1 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.

Tre' Harris finished 7.7 points below the 11.3 the market projected.

Tre' Harris, Week 5 against DEN: 4 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards, 3.6 PPR points.

Tre' Harris finished as the week's WR62 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 Tre' Harris over Carnell Tate.
• Start Christian Watson over Tre' Harris.
• Start Tre' Harris over Courtland Sutton.