Drake London or Zay Flowers: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Drake London at 16.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 23rd highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The player markets price Zay Flowers at 14.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 48th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Drake London: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 18th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Zay Flowers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 26th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Drake London has been on the field for 85 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 8.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against CAR he carried 1 time for -2 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 51 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against GB he caught 9 of 10 targets for 194 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 5 of 6 targets for 96 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Zay Flowers has been on the field for 45 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 0 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against DAL he carried 1 time for 20 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 84 yards and did not score.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Drake London played 12 games and scored 201.9 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR19.

He caught 68 of 112 targets for 919 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 9.3 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 13.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 90 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 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Drake London scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Zay Flowers 14.3, 2.5 a game between them.

Drake London finished WR19 that year and Zay Flowers WR7.

Zay Flowers had 6 more targets than Drake London, 118 to 112.

Zay Flowers had 292 more receiving yards than Drake London, 1211 to 919.

This season Drake London holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 45 percent.

This season Zay Flowers holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 27 percent.

Byes and availability

Zay Flowers is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Drake London.

Zay Flowers is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

2.5 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 price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.