Ryan Flournoy or Jacory Croskey-Merritt: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Ryan Flournoy at 7.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 123rd highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

The player markets price Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 7.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 books. That is the 136th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ryan Flournoy: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacory Croskey-Merritt: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 107.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Ryan Flournoy has been on the field for 73 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 3.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against NYG he caught 2 of 4 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against WAS he caught 5 of 6 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has been on the field for 43 percent of WAS snaps, taken 44 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against PHI he carried 16 times for 63 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 12 times for 43 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ryan Flournoy played 16 games and scored 114.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR57.

He caught 40 of 56 targets for 475 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.5 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He carried 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 more yards.

That came to 10.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jacory Croskey-Merritt scored 8.3 PPR points a game and Ryan Flournoy 7.1, 1.1 a game between them.

Ryan Flournoy finished WR57 and Jacory Croskey-Merritt RB33, which are two different ladders.

Ryan Flournoy is a wide receiver and Jacory Croskey-Merritt a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Ryan Flournoy is off in Week 14 and Jacory Croskey-Merritt in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.9 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.