Should I start Zay Flowers or Amon-Ra St. Brown in Week 6?

Updated Oct 19, 3:46 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.

Start Amon-Ra St. Brown: 86 percent of the snaps and 27 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Zay Flowers's 64 percent of the snaps and 31 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Zay Flowers for Amon-Ra St. Brown?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Amon-Ra St. Brown projects 219 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (19.9 a game over 11 games), Zay Flowers 148 (14.8 a game over 10 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Zay Flowers

WR17 · BAL · bye 13

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Market-based projection: 13.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 39

Amon-Ra St. Brown

WR · DET · on bye this week

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Market-based projection: 18.3 pts a game Wk 5 price
Overall rank: 256

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The gap

Board size328 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zay Flowers, and the board ranks him 39th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Amon-Ra St. Brown, and the board ranks him 256th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 11.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Zay Flowers, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Amon-Ra St. Brown, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Zay Flowers has been on the field for 55 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 31 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 8.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against TEN he caught 8 of 10 targets for 118 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against ATL he carried 1 time for 13 yards, caught 8 of 9 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CLE he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 6 of 11 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Amon-Ra St. Brown has been on the field for 88 percent of DET snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 5 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 57 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYJ he caught 4 of 8 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 8 of 11 targets for 75 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against ARI he caught 6 of 11 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Zay Flowers played 17 games and scored 243.3 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing WR7.

He caught 86 of 118 targets for 1211 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 14.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Amon-Ra St. Brown played 17 games and scored 324.0 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing WR3.

He caught 117 of 172 targets for 1401 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 34 red zone targets.

That came to 10.1 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Amon-Ra St. Brown scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Zay Flowers 14.3, 4.7 a game between them.

Zay Flowers finished WR7 that year and Amon-Ra St. Brown WR3.

Amon-Ra St. Brown had 54 more targets than Zay Flowers, 172 to 118.

Amon-Ra St. Brown had 190 more receiving yards than Zay Flowers, 1401 to 1211.

This season Amon-Ra St. Brown holds the bigger snap share, 88 percent against 55 percent.

This season Zay Flowers holds the bigger target share, 31 percent against 30 percent.

Byes and availability

Zay Flowers is off in Week 13 and Amon-Ra St. Brown in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Zay Flowers for Amon-Ra St. Brown?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Amon-Ra St. Brown projects 219 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (19.9 a game over 11 games), Zay Flowers 148 (14.8 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Amon-Ra St. Brown for Zay Flowers?
No. Keep Amon-Ra St. Brown: he projects 219 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (19.9 a game over 11 games), Zay Flowers 148 (14.8 a game over 10 games).