Ja'Marr Chase or Zay Flowers: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Ja'Marr Chase at 17.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 books. That is the 18th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Zay Flowers at 16.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 books. That is the 29th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ja'Marr Chase: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 12th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 6.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Zay Flowers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 41.

This season so far

Through Week 2, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 91 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 8.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against TB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against HOU he caught 7 of 9 targets for 75 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 1, Zay Flowers has been on the field for 29 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 6 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 15.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against IND he caught 5 of 6 targets for 150 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 94 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 Ja'Marr Chase scored 19.6 PPR points a game and Zay Flowers 14.3, 5.3 a game between them.

Ja'Marr Chase finished WR4 that year and Zay Flowers WR7.

Ja'Marr Chase had 67 more targets than Zay Flowers, 185 to 118.

Ja'Marr Chase had 201 more receiving yards than Zay Flowers, 1412 to 1211.

This season Ja'Marr Chase holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 29 percent.

This season Zay Flowers holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Ja'Marr Chase is off in Week 6 and Zay Flowers in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Zay Flowers is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

1.0 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.