Davante Adams or Zay Flowers: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Davante Adams at 16.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 19th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Zay Flowers at 16.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 books. That is the 32nd highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Davante Adams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 14th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 54.

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, Davante Adams has been on the field for 59 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 16.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he caught 3 of 6 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NYG he caught 8 of 10 targets for 195 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 Davante Adams played 14 games and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 13.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 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 Davante Adams scored 15.9 PPR points a game and Zay Flowers 14.3, 1.6 a game between them.

Davante Adams finished WR9 that year and Zay Flowers WR7.

Zay Flowers had 4 more targets than Davante Adams, 118 to 114.

Zay Flowers had 422 more receiving yards than Davante Adams, 1211 to 789.

This season Davante Adams holds the bigger snap share, 59 percent against 29 percent.

This season Davante Adams holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 25 percent.

Byes and availability

Davante Adams is off in Week 11 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

0.7 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.