Jadarian Price or Tee Higgins: Who Should You Start?
Historical comparison from 2026 Week 4 — one of these players isn’t on the current board.
Start Higgins — Price is ruled out.
Jadarian Price is ruled out, which settles it: Tee Higgins is the only startable side of this call. Higgins projects 13.7 PPR points.
Jadarian Price
8.59.210.0 Projected Points
Tee Higgins
8.911.313.7 Projected Points
Why Jadarian Price
SitRookie RB atop the depth chart. Explosive, home-run-speed runner with no prior NFL sample.
Ruled out — verdict void; pivot to your bench.
- Currently ruled out — not a viable start until his status changes.
- LAC ranks 17 of 32 against RBs (a middle-of-the-road matchup, 3-game sample).
- Vegas implies 24.3 team points as 3.0-point favorites.
- Listed RB on the latest depth chart with a 37% snap share.
Latest on Price
Price did not practice Thursday or Friday.
RB Jadarian Price ruled out by Seattle Seahawks for Week 4ESPN · Oct 2, 2026Jadarian Price is ruled out for Seattle's game Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers.
Jadarian Price Out After Aggravating Chest Injury & Other Seahawks Injury Updatesseahawks.com, ESPN · Oct 2, 2026Price did not practice Thursday with a chest injury, trending the wrong way for Week 4 availability.
Yahoo Sports · Oct 2, 2026Brady Henderson on the Seahawks ruling out Jadarian Price vs. the Chargers and who'll fill in for him.
Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald said the team has not lost faith in starting running back Jadarian Price after the rookie first-round pick lost a fumble for the second week in a row Sunday.
Seattle's running back committee has no touchdowns through two weeks, but there's another opportunity this week at Commanders.
Reported by the sources listed — not independently verified.
Why Tee Higgins
Start· mediumWR2 and red-zone mismatch. Big-bodied contested-catch winner with elite touchdown conversion.
WR21 with a 23% target share and 79% snaps in an offense implied for 27.0 points — volume and game environment outweigh a middling JAX matchup.
- JAX ranks 12 of 32 against WRs (a middle-of-the-road matchup, 3-game sample).
- Vegas implies 27.0 team points as 2.5-point favorites.
- Listed WR-2 on the latest depth chart with a 79% snap share.
The call
- Role is locked in: 79% snap share and 23% target share over 3 games is WR2-caliber usage even as the nominal WR-2 on the depth chart.
- Game environment is strong: a 27.0 implied team total as 2.5-point favorites points to plenty of scoring chances without a run-heavy blowout script.
- Matchup is neutral-to-tough at 12 of 32 vs WRs, but that's a 3-game sample with 0.25 confidence, so it shouldn't override his volume.
- The 13.7-point projection and WR21 rank clear the replacement-level bar in 12-team PPR, and he carries no injury designation. That's a confirmed start, with medium confidence given the shared-target ceiling.
Latest on Higgins
Ben Baby explains why Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins dispute the NFL's interpretation of the celebration that earned them a fine.
Reported by the sources listed — not independently verified.
Head-to-head stats
| Metric | Jadarian Price | Tee Higgins |
|---|---|---|
| Projected points | 8.59.210.0 | 8.911.313.7 |
| Consensus rank | RB23 | WR21 |
| Opponent vs position | LAC · 17 of 323-game sample | JAX · 12 of 323-game sample |
| Rushing Yards | 24 of 32 | — |
| Rushing TDs | 16 of 32 | — |
| Rushing Attempts | 28 of 32 | — |
| Receptions | 9 of 32 | 13 of 32 |
| Receiving Yards | 12 of 32 | 26 of 32 |
| Anytime TD | 13 of 32 | 3 of 32 |
| Receiving TDs | — | 3 of 32 |
| Targets | — | 15 of 32 |
| Target share | 7% | 23% |
| Reception share | 6% | 19% |
| Implied total · spread | 24.3-3.0 | 27.0-2.5 |
| Depth chart | RB1 | WR2 |
| Snap share | 37% | 79% |
| Injury designation | out | — |
| Start/Sit record | 0–1+2 toss-ups | 1–1 |
Recent form
Jadarian Price — last 3 weeks
| Week 3 | vs WSH | 0.20.71.2 |
| Week 2 | vs ARI | 4.04.55.0 |
| Week 1 | vs NE | 5.86.87.8 |
Tee Higgins — last 3 weeks
| Week 3 | vs PIT | 15.018.021.0 |
| Week 2 | vs HOU | 9.512.014.5 |
| Week 1 | vs TB | 5.97.48.9 |
Signal breakdown
- 10.0 vs 13.7 projected PPR pointsTee Higgins +
- Rank 23 vs 21Tee Higgins +
- Opponent DvP rank 17 vs 12 (32 = softest)Jadarian Price +
- Implied 24.3 vs 27.0 team pointsTee Higgins +
- A ruled-out player cannot be a startTee Higgins +
- 37% vs 79% snap shareTee Higgins +
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