Should I start Zay Flowers or Courtland Sutton in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zay Flowers, and the board ranks him 35th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Courtland Sutton, and the board ranks him 102nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Zay Flowers's market-based projection is 9.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 19th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Courtland Sutton is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Courtland Sutton's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Zay Flowers has been on the field for 65 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 58 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

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

In Week 7 against CIN he caught 8 of 11 targets for 137 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against BUF he caught 0 of 5 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 77 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 2 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 6 against SEA he caught 2 of 3 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against ARI he caught 3 of 5 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against KC he caught 4 of 4 targets for 53 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 Courtland Sutton played 17 games and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 7.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.

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

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Zay Flowers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Courtland Sutton 12.9, 1.4 a game between them.

Zay Flowers finished WR7 that year and Courtland Sutton WR13.

Courtland Sutton had 6 more targets than Zay Flowers, 124 to 118.

Zay Flowers had 194 more receiving yards than Courtland Sutton, 1211 to 1017.

This season Courtland Sutton holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 65 percent.

This season Zay Flowers holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Zay Flowers is off in Week 13 and Courtland Sutton in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Courtland Sutton has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.