Should I start Jalen Coker or Zay Flowers in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Jalen Coker's market-based projection is 11.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 30th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Zay Flowers's market-based projection is 9.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 40th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen Coker, and the board ranks him 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zay Flowers, and the board ranks him 30th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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, Zay Flowers has been on the field for 67 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 58 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against BUF he caught 0 of 5 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

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 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 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Zay Flowers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Jalen Coker 8.2, 6.1 a game between them.

Jalen Coker finished WR69 that year and Zay Flowers WR7.

Zay Flowers had 75 more targets than Jalen Coker, 118 to 43.

Zay Flowers had 817 more receiving yards than Jalen Coker, 1211 to 394.

This season Jalen Coker holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 67 percent.

This season Zay Flowers holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

Jalen Coker is off in Week 5 and Zay Flowers in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

2.5 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.