CeeDee Lamb or Zay Flowers: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price CeeDee Lamb at 18.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 13th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Zay Flowers at 16.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 books. That is the 29th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on CeeDee Lamb: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 8th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 25.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Zay Flowers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 21st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 41.

This season so far

Through Week 2, CeeDee Lamb has been on the field for 78 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 2 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 13.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against NYG he carried 1 time for 0 yards, caught 5 of 8 targets for 44 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against WAS he caught 8 of 9 targets for 153 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 1, Zay Flowers has been on the field for 29 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 6 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 15.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against IND he caught 5 of 6 targets for 150 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb played 14 games and scored 200.9 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing WR22.

He caught 75 of 117 targets for 1077 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 75 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Zay Flowers was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb scored 14.4 PPR points a game and Zay Flowers 14.3, 0.0 a game between them.

CeeDee Lamb finished WR22 that year and Zay Flowers WR7.

Zay Flowers had 1 more targets than CeeDee Lamb, 118 to 117.

Zay Flowers had 134 more receiving yards than CeeDee Lamb, 1211 to 1077.

This season CeeDee Lamb holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 29 percent.

This season CeeDee Lamb holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 25 percent.

Byes and availability

CeeDee Lamb is off in Week 14 and Zay Flowers in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Zay Flowers is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

2.0 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.