Ryan Flournoy or AJ Barner: who should I start in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Ryan Flournoy's market-based projection is 7.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 103rd highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

AJ Barner's market-based projection is 6.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 108th highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ryan Flournoy: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on AJ Barner: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 110th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Ryan Flournoy has been on the field for 71 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 6.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against BAL he caught 2 of 8 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against HOU he caught 4 of 5 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 3 of 4 targets for 90 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, AJ Barner has been on the field for 89 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 3 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 2.1 air yards.

In Week 3 against WAS he caught 5 of 9 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against SF he caught 3 of 5 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ryan Flournoy played 16 games and scored 114.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR57.

He caught 40 of 56 targets for 475 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3-4 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 AJ Barner played 17 games and scored 147.3 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE14.

He caught 52 of 68 targets for 519 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

AJ Barner was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 AJ Barner scored 8.7 PPR points a game and Ryan Flournoy 7.1, 1.5 a game between them.

Ryan Flournoy finished WR57 and AJ Barner TE14, which are two different ladders.

Ryan Flournoy is a wide receiver and AJ Barner a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

What would change the answer

0.7 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.