Garrett Wilson or Zay Flowers: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Garrett Wilson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Zay Flowers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Garrett Wilson's market-based projection is 16.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 26th highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Zay Flowers is 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 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.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Garrett Wilson has been on the field for 89 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 9.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against DET he caught 10 of 13 targets for 107 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CLE he caught 7 of 11 targets for 104 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Zay Flowers has been on the field for 55 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 8.6 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against ATL he carried 1 time for 13 yards, caught 8 of 9 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Garrett Wilson played 7 games and scored 99.5 PPR points, 14.2 a game, finishing WR62.

He caught 36 of 59 targets for 395 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 89 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 10 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Zay Flowers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Garrett Wilson 14.2, 0.1 a game between them.

Garrett Wilson finished WR62 that year and Zay Flowers WR7.

Zay Flowers had 59 more targets than Garrett Wilson, 118 to 59.

Zay Flowers had 816 more receiving yards than Garrett Wilson, 1211 to 395.

This season Garrett Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 89 percent against 55 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 30 percent each.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 13, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

Zay Flowers is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.