Zay Flowers or Jameson Williams: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Zay Flowers at 14.6 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 46th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jameson Williams at 11.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 77th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Zay Flowers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 26th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jameson Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Zay Flowers has been on the field for 45 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 0 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against DAL he carried 1 time for 20 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 84 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TEN he caught 8 of 10 targets for 118 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Jameson Williams has been on the field for 90 percent of DET snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 36 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 14.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against BUF he caught 2 of 4 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NYJ he caught 4 of 4 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 6 of 8 targets for 102 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Jameson Williams played 17 games and scored 219.9 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR12.

He caught 65 of 102 targets for 1117 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 17.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Zay Flowers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Jameson Williams 12.9, 1.4 a game between them.

Zay Flowers finished WR7 that year and Jameson Williams WR12.

Zay Flowers had 16 more targets than Jameson Williams, 118 to 102.

Zay Flowers had 94 more receiving yards than Jameson Williams, 1211 to 1117.

This season Jameson Williams holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 45 percent.

This season Zay Flowers holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Zay Flowers is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Jameson Williams.

Zay Flowers is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

3.2 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 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 market price when it does.