Malik Nabers vs Tee Higgins: Who Should You Start?
The gap between Malik Nabers and Tee Higgins is smaller than most fantasy managers think. Separated by just 0.1 PPG in 2025, this is one of those wide receiver decisions that comes down to context, not name recognition. Malik Nabers averaged 12.0 PPG with the New York Giants across 4 games, and Tee Higgins posted 12.1 with the Cincinnati Bengals in 15.
When two wide receivers are separated by less than two points per game, the decision shifts to weekly context. Who has the softer defense? Who is trending up over the last month? Which team is projected for more total points? Those are the tiebreakers that actually matter.
Target volume is the story here. Tee Higgins saw 98 targets in 2025, while Malik Nabers drew 35. That workload gap usually translates into a higher weekly floor for Tee Higgins, even in weeks where Malik Nabers posts the bigger ceiling game. Consistency-minded managers lean toward target share; boom-bust managers chase the upside.
Malik Nabers has his bye in Week 11, and Tee Higgins rests in Week 12. 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.
