Should I start Jalen Coker or Ryan Flournoy in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen Coker, and the board ranks him 121st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ryan Flournoy, and the board ranks him 131st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jalen Coker is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 4 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 Ryan Flournoy is 2.0 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Jalen Coker has been on the field for 70 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 6 of 13 targets for 97 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against TB he caught 1 of 4 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against GB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Ryan Flournoy has been on the field for 75 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 1 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 12 of its 50 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 7.1 air yards.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 7 of 9 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 4 of 4 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against ARI he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jalen Coker played 11 games and scored 90.4 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing WR69.

He caught 33 of 43 targets for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 3.9 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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 3-4 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.

Ryan Flournoy was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jalen Coker scored 8.2 PPR points a game and Ryan Flournoy 7.1, 1.1 a game between them.

Jalen Coker finished WR69 that year and Ryan Flournoy WR57.

Ryan Flournoy had 13 more targets than Jalen Coker, 56 to 43.

Ryan Flournoy had 81 more receiving yards than Jalen Coker, 475 to 394.

This season Ryan Flournoy holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 70 percent.

This season Jalen Coker holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Jalen Coker is off in Week 5 and Ryan Flournoy in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.