Fourth & Inches

2026 regular · wk 4 · half ppr · 64 games lined

WR

Tee Higgins

CIN

WR20 · overall #52 · tier 5 · age 27

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Projected points

155

11.3/gm

Value over replacement

53

repl 119

Range

101–208

sd 53

Week

12.3

vs JAX

Why this ranking

hand-set 2026-09-03

Market-matching call, 6 Aug: raised from WR32 to WR18, level with ADP 18 and Sleeper 19. Expanded 3 Sep. 154.6 over 13.7 games is 11.28/g against his own 12.33 half-PPR/g. Sleeper projects 186.9. Markets now ADP 18, ECR 15, consensus 17, Underdog 17 -- all four still at or above the target, so the premise holds unchanged. Note the 13.7 games rather than the rate is what separates him from the receivers around him; he carries a Questionable designation at injury_games_mult 0.94. Lands WR19. BASIS CORRECTED 3 SEP. The comparison above originally quoted `obs_ppr_pg`, which is FULL PPR, against a projection the board computes in HALF PPR. Every such figure in this file has been replaced with the player's own half-PPR rate, measured from nflverse weekly data over his whole career. Receptions are the whole difference, so the error scaled with target volume and was largest for receivers.

This is a view, not a correction — the model said something different and was overruled. See how it works.

Projected usage

opportunity over the projected season

Targets
100
Carries
0
Receptions
62
Rec yards
776
Rush yards
0
Rush TD
0.0
Rec TD
7.1
Total TD
7.1
Games projected
13.7
Observed pts/gm (history)
14.6
Games of history
53
Age multiplier
0.939
Usage carryover
1.00

Team context

what scales this projection

Neutral sec / play
34.7
Projected plays / game
60.8
Projected pass rate
60%
OL run block
-0.73
OL pass protection
-1.39
OL continuity
98%
2TE rate
40%
3WR rate
58%
1st-down pass rate
54%
Run friendly
-1.75
Scheme creativity
-0.67
Play action / motion
17% / 52%

Situation

ambiguity widens the projection range

Label
committee
Ambiguity score
52
Effective contributors
2.82
Top player's share
50%
New play-caller
no
Variance multiplier
1.62

Trade window

schedule-driven buy / sell timing

Action
buy now, flip wk7
Window weeks
4-6
Window opponents
JAX,MIA
Window matchup
+0.58
Opponents after
BAL,TEN,ATL
After matchup
-0.09
Flip edge
+0.67
Buy basis
recent form
Bye week
6
Playoff schedule (15-17)
-0.25

2025 game log

full season · Full PPR

Games

15

Points

211.6

Per game

14.11

17-gm pace

240

Best / worst

33.1 / 2.5

Pace extrapolates the selected weeks over 17 games. It is what that stretch was worth, not a projection — no availability, matchup or regression adjustment is applied.

WkPtsRankTgtRecRe YdsRe TDAttRu Yds
16.3WR584333000
214.6WR288356100
32.5WR982115000
46.2WR616332000
511.2WR357322100
611.2WR288562000
721.6WR1210696100
811.4WR332144100
933.1WR297121200
1115.3WR158363100
128.1WR406531000
1427.2WR411692200
1614.3WR213353100
179.9WR365459000
1818.7WR89667100