Tee Higgins Fantasy Football Week 5: Stats and Projections vs. Lions

Wide receiver Tee Higgins has a matchup against the 11th-ranked pass defense in the league (199 yards conceded per game) in Week 5, when his Cincinnati Bengals play the Detroit Lions, Sunday at 4:25 p.m. ET.

Is Higgins a DFS option for you this week, as he goes up against the Lions? More stats and info can be found in this article, so take a look.

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Tee Higgins Week 5 Fantasy Football Projection

• Matchup: Cincinnati Bengals vs. Detroit Lions
• Game Date: October 5, 2025
• Game Time: 4:25 p.m.
• Projected Fantasy Points: 6.9
• PPR Projected Fantasy Points: 8.9
• Projected Receiving Yards: 49.78
• Projected Receiving TDs: 0.32

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Higgins Fantasy Performance

• With 19.6 fantasy points in 2025 (4.9 per game), Higgins is the 58th-ranked fantasy player at his position and 186th overall.
• In his last three games, Higgins has put up 16.3 fantasy points (5.4 per game), as he's hauled in seven passes on 16 targets for 103 yards and one touchdown.
• The high point of Higgins' fantasy season so far was Week 2 against the Jacksonville Jaguars, when he carried zero times for zero yards on his way to 11.6 fantasy points. He also had three receptions (on eight targets) for 56 yards with one touchdown as a pass-catcher.
• From a fantasy perspective, Tee Higgins stumbled to his worst performance of the season in Week 3 against the Minnesota Vikings, catching one pass on two targets for 15 yards (1.5 fantasy points).

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Lions Defensive Performance

• Detroit has not let a player record more than 300 yards passing against them in a game yet this year.
• A total of Three players have thrown for at least one TD versus the Lions this year.
• Detroit has allowed three players to pass for two or more TDs in a game this season.
• The Lions have allowed one player to pass for at least three touchdowns in a game this year.
• A total of one player has put up more than 100 yards receiving in a game against Detroit this year.
• The Lions have allowed five players to catch a TD pass against them this year.
• Detroit has given up two or more receiving TDs to two players this season.
• No player has put up over 100 yards rushing in a game against the Lions this year.
• A total of four players have run for at least one TD against Detroit this year.
• The Lions have not allowed an opposing player to score two or more rushing TDs versus them this year.

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