Should I start Zay Flowers or Emeka Egbuka in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zay Flowers, and the board ranks him 53rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emeka Egbuka, and the board ranks him 54th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Zay Flowers is 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Emeka Egbuka is 3.1 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Zay Flowers has been on the field for 65 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 31 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 53 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

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.

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

Through Week 6, Emeka Egbuka has been on the field for 86 percent of TB snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 3 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 49 targets have averaged 9.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 6 of 9 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 7 of 16 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Emeka Egbuka played 17 games and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 7-8 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 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 Emeka Egbuka 11.5, 2.8 a game between them.

Zay Flowers finished WR7 that year and Emeka Egbuka WR23.

Emeka Egbuka had 9 more targets than Zay Flowers, 127 to 118.

Zay Flowers had 273 more receiving yards than Emeka Egbuka, 1211 to 938.

This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 65 percent.

This season Zay Flowers holds the bigger target share, 31 percent against 26 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Emeka Egbuka is listed as out on the injury report.