Should I Trade James Cook for Tee Higgins (2025)?

Player Summaries Comparison

Tee Higgins

WR - CIN

Tee Higgins

WR - CIN

James Cook

RB - BUF

James Cook

RB - BUF

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Rankings

Rest of Season

# 25

# 27

Draft

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Matchup

Opponent

vs. NE

vs. ARI

Matchup Rating

Fantasy Points

Season Total

149.1

234.7

Avg Game

12.4

14.7

Schedule

SOS Rank

Misc

Injury Alert

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Expert Ranks

Tee Higgins

James Cook

Tyler Orginski T. Orginski
FTN FTN

04/29

#32

#33

Dalton Del Don D. Del Don
Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports

04/28

#26

#30

Brad Evans B. Evans
Bally Sports Bally Sports

04/28

#26

#30

Scott Pianowski S. Pianowski
Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports

04/28

#24

#28

Matt Harmon M. Harmon
Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports

04/27

#18

#23

Anthony Cervino A. Cervino
FF Faceoff FF Faceoff

04/25

#19

#33

Lee Wehry L. Wehry
FantasyPros FantasyPros

04/24

#21

#28

James Emrick-Wilson J. Emrick-W...
Armchair Scouting Armchair Scouting

04/24

#41

#30

Aaron St Denis A. St Denis
Fantasy Sports Advice Network Fantasy Sports Adv...

04/21

#19

#28

Nate Marcum N. Marcum
Fantasy In Frames Fantasy In Frames

04/16

#26

#28

Andrew Scott A. Scott
Fantasy In Frames Fantasy In Frames

04/16

#21

#23

Jorge B. Edwards J. B. Edwards
Fantasy In Frames Fantasy In Frames

04/16

#19

#23

Michael Hauff M. Hauff
FF Faceoff FF Faceoff

04/07

#21

#28

Brad Beatson B. Beatson
Bandit Fantasy Football Bandit Fantasy Foo...

04/06

#32

#30

Nate Polvogt N. Polvogt
Optimus Fantasy Football Optimus Fantasy Fo...

04/05

#26

#28

Ed Birdsall E. Birdsall
Talking Points Sports Talking Points Sports

04/15

#24

#28

Andy Behrens A. Behrens
Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports

04/28

#38

#17

Francisco (Chato) Romero F. (Chato) ...
Estadio Fantasy Estadio Fantasy

03/31

#26

#28

Mauricio Gutierrez M. Gutierrez
Estadio Fantasy Estadio Fantasy

03/30

#26

#33

Nick Zylak N. Zylak
Fantasy Football Advice Fantasy Football A...

03/28

#24

#28

Jeff Boggis J. Boggis
Fantasy Football Empire Fantasy Football E...

03/22

#19

#23

Joey Wright J. Wright
Footballguys Footballguys

03/21

#19

#20

Jeremy Shulman J. Shulman
Fantasy Football Universe Fantasy Football U...

03/18

#35

#28

Mason M.
RPO Football RPO Football

03/03

#21

#28

Joe Pisapia J. Pisapia
FantasyPros FantasyPros

02/28

#21

#30

Pat Fitzmaurice P. Fitzmaurice
FantasyPros FantasyPros

02/25

#29

#26

Derek Brown D. Brown
FantasyPros FantasyPros

02/25

#31

#30

Andrew Erickson A. Erickson
FantasyPros FantasyPros

02/25

#32

#28

Rich Piazza R. Piazza
Fantasy Shed Fantasy Shed

02/23

#21

#40

Bobby LaMarco B. LaMarco
Razzball Razzball

02/17

#19

#23

Chris Dell C. Dell
Betting Predators Betting Predators

01/28

#28

#37

Joshua Kimmel J. Kimmel
FantasyNow+ FantasyNow+

01/24

#19

#33

Shaun Evans S. Evans
FantasyNow+ FantasyNow+

01/24

#19

#33

Justin Bauerle J. Bauerle
FantasyNow+ FantasyNow+

01/23

#19

#37

Kev Wheeler K. Wheeler
Wheel Route FF Wheel Route FF

01/26

#16

#37

Marc Shannep M. Shannep
Fantasy Knockout Fantasy Knockout

01/18

#19

#33

Tera Roberts T. Roberts
OddsChecker OddsChecker

02/18

#21

#23

Bart Wheeler B. Wheeler
Hail to Fantasy Football Hail to Fantasy Fo...

01/09

#23

#33

Pierre Camus P. Camus
Fantasy Endgame Fantasy Endgame

01/20

#23

#37

Brandon Funston B. Funston
The Athletic The Athletic

01/08

#31

#21

Kyle Yates K. Yates
Yates Fantasy Football Yates Fantasy Foot...

01/06

#16

#37

Kyle Soppe K. Soppe
Pro Football Network Pro Football Network

04/21

#19

#20

Player Game Logs Comparison
	Tee Higgins WR - CIN Tee Higgins WR - CIN	James Cook RB - BUF James Cook RB - BUF
2024 Schedule
Week 1	vs. NE	vs. ARI
Week 2	at KC	at MIA
Week 3	vs. WAS	vs. JAC
Week 4	at CAR	at BAL
Week 5	vs. BAL	at HOU
Week 6	at NYG	at NYJ
Week 7	at CLE	vs. TEN
Week 8	vs. PHI	at SEA
Week 9	vs. LV	vs. MIA
Week 10	at BAL	at IND
Week 11	at LAC	vs. KC
Week 12	BYE WEEK	BYE WEEK
Week 13	vs. PIT	vs. SF
Week 14	at DAL	at LAR
Week 15	at TEN	at DET
Week 16	vs. CLE	vs. NE
Week 17	vs. DEN	vs. NYJ
Week 18	at PIT	at NE

Player Fantasy Points Comparison
	Tee Higgins WR - CIN Tee Higgins WR - CIN	James Cook RB - BUF James Cook RB - BUF
2024 Points
Week 1	‐	10.3
Week 2	‐	27.5
Week 3	3.9	14.7
Week 4	6.0	4.8
Week 5	20.3	15.9
Week 6	7.7	‐
Week 7	14.2	9.2
Week 8	‐	25.3
Week 9	‐	6.9
Week 10	‐	14.5
Week 11	20.8	14.7
Week 12	‐	‐
Week 13	12.9	18.0
Week 14	2.3	2.9
Week 15	14.8	25.3
Week 16	11.8	24.6
Week 17	29.1	11.3
Week 18	5.3	8.8
Total	149.1	234.7
Average	12.4	14.7

Notes for Player Combination
	Tee Higgins WR - CIN Tee Higgins WR - CIN	James Cook RB - BUF James Cook RB - BUF
Expert
Andrew Erickson FantasyPros	Tee Higgins is expected to leave the Bengals in free agency going to the highest bidder after a dominant 2024 season. When healthy, the Bengals WR finished third in points per game (15.5) behind only Ja'Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson. I'm sure a lot will be made of Higgins moving up from real-life WR2 to WR1 on a new team, and whether he is up for the challenge. But we have a five-game sample size of Higgins as the Bengals WR1 without Chase. 8.8 targets per 102 receiving yards and nearly 17 points per game. Alpha WR1 numbers, but well above expectation. Unless Higgins lands in the perfect spot, he might be overvalued in 2025 fantasy football. Losing Joe Burrow to almost any other QB will be a downgrade, and that could make it tougher for him to perform against lofty expectations. His expected output is much closer to high-end WR2 production - which is what he has been his entire NFL career. Not bad by any means. Higgins has a strong WR2 floor as he has failed to finish as such just once in the last four seasons. But don't let the shiny new toy effect let you forget about his constant injury struggles and downgrade at the QB position. The 26-year-old impending free agent has played in only 12 regular-season games in each of the last two years due to injuries. Higgins also basically missed three games in 2022.	James Cook tied a bow on his third season with weekly RB1 finishes in more than half of his games, en route to his second consecutive 1,000-yard campaign. Cook was RB8 overall and RB10 in points per game as he took a massive touchdown leap. He went from just 2 rushing TDs in 2023 to 19 in 2024. Concerns about Josh Allen taking all the red-zone TDs were overblown. The scores helped boost Cook's production as played fewer than 50% of the snaps. Even so, we have a 28-game sample of Cook in Joe Brady's offense. He has averaged 15.5 points per contest - good for low-end fantasy RB1 production.