Joshua Palmer vs Tee Higgins: The Full Breakdown
Joshua Palmer and Tee Higgins are both viable fantasy wide receivers heading into 2026, but their 2025 production tells two different stories. Joshua Palmer averaged 6.8 PPG across 14 games with the Los Angeles Chargers, while Tee Higgins posted 12.1 PPG in 15 appearances for the Cincinnati Bengals.
A 5.3-PPG gap gives Tee Higgins the edge on paper, but paper does not account for Thursday night matchups, weather games, or a star defender returning from injury. The real question is not who was better in 2025, but who is the better start this specific week.
Target volume is the story here. Tee Higgins saw 98 targets in 2025, while Joshua Palmer drew 65. That workload gap usually translates into a higher weekly floor for Tee Higgins, even in weeks where Joshua Palmer posts the bigger ceiling game. Consistency-minded managers lean toward target share; boom-bust managers chase the upside.
Joshua Palmer has his bye in Week 5, and Tee Higgins rests in Week 6. Managers rostering both need waiver wire depth at wide receiver for those two weeks, and that is exactly the kind of planning DraftCall's matchup engine surfaces automatically so you are not scrambling on a Sunday morning.
