Should I start Jakobi Meyers or Zay Flowers in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jakobi Meyers, and the board ranks him 68th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zay Flowers, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jakobi Meyers is 2.9 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.

The market-based projection for Zay Flowers is 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Jakobi Meyers has been on the field for 80 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 3 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 5 of 10 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jakobi Meyers played 16 games and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 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 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Zay Flowers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Jakobi Meyers 11.0, 3.3 a game between them.

Jakobi Meyers finished WR32 that year and Zay Flowers WR7.

Zay Flowers had 8 more targets than Jakobi Meyers, 118 to 110.

Zay Flowers had 376 more receiving yards than Jakobi Meyers, 1211 to 835.

This season Jakobi Meyers holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 65 percent.

This season Zay Flowers holds the bigger target share, 31 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Jakobi Meyers is off in Week 7 and Zay Flowers in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.