Zay Flowers or Harold Fannin: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Zay Flowers at 14.5 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 46th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Harold Fannin at 10.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 88th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

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.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Harold Fannin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 81st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

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.

Through Week 4, Harold Fannin has been on the field for 86 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 2 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against TB he caught 5 of 6 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CAR he caught 7 of 9 targets for 51 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against PIT he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 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 Harold Fannin played 16 games and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.

He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 6.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 10.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Zay Flowers was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Zay Flowers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Harold Fannin 11.7, 2.7 a game between them.

Zay Flowers finished WR7 and Harold Fannin TE6, which are two different ladders.

Zay Flowers is a wide receiver and Harold Fannin a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Zay Flowers is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Harold Fannin.

Zay Flowers is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

4.5 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.