Luther Burden III vs Tee Higgins: The Full Breakdown
Luther Burden III and Tee Higgins are both viable fantasy wide receivers heading into 2026, but their 2025 production tells two different stories. Luther Burden III averaged 7.0 PPG across 15 games with the Chicago Bears, while Tee Higgins posted 12.1 PPG in 15 appearances for the Cincinnati Bengals.
A 5.1-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 Luther Burden III drew 60. That workload gap usually translates into a higher weekly floor for Tee Higgins, even in weeks where Luther Burden III posts the bigger ceiling game. Consistency-minded managers lean toward target share; boom-bust managers chase the upside.
Luther Burden III has his bye in Week 10, 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.
