Jauan Jennings or Zay Flowers: who should I start?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jauan Jennings: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 157th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 181.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Zay Flowers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 158th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 42.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have Jauan Jennings at 3.4 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 4 books. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The books have Zay Flowers at 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 books. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Jauan Jennings's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Jauan Jennings has been on the field for 48 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets and had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five.

His 1 target have averaged 30.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

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 Jauan Jennings played 15 games and scored 173.3 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing WR33.

He caught 55 of 90 targets for 643 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 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 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Zay Flowers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Jauan Jennings 11.6, 2.8 a game between them.

Jauan Jennings finished WR33 that year and Zay Flowers WR7.

Zay Flowers had 28 more targets than Jauan Jennings, 118 to 90.

Zay Flowers had 568 more receiving yards than Jauan Jennings, 1211 to 643.

This season Jauan Jennings holds the bigger snap share, 48 percent against 29 percent.

This season Zay Flowers holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Jauan Jennings is listed as out on the injury report.

Zay Flowers is listed as doubtful on the injury report.