Should I start Zay Flowers or Kendrick Bourne in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zay Flowers, and the board ranks him 29th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kendrick Bourne, and the board ranks him 34th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Zay Flowers's market-based projection is 9.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 26th highest figure of the 212 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for Kendrick Bourne, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 8

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.

Through Week 8, Kendrick Bourne has been on the field for 54 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 1 of its 29 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 57 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 5 of 8 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DEN he caught 3 of 6 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DAL he caught 1 of 2 targets for 29 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 Kendrick Bourne played 16 games and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.

He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Zay Flowers was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Zay Flowers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Kendrick Bourne 5.8, 8.6 a game between them.

Zay Flowers finished WR7 that year and Kendrick Bourne WR68.

Zay Flowers had 65 more targets than Kendrick Bourne, 118 to 53.

Zay Flowers had 660 more receiving yards than Kendrick Bourne, 1211 to 551.

This season Zay Flowers holds the bigger snap share, 67 percent against 54 percent.

This season Zay Flowers holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Zay Flowers is off in Week 13 and Kendrick Bourne in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

Kendrick Bourne is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Kendrick Bourne has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.