Luther Burden III or Ryan Flournoy: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Luther Burden III at 8.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 128th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Ryan Flournoy at 7.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 130th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Luther Burden III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 121st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 79.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ryan Flournoy: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Luther Burden III has been on the field for 65 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 10.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against CAR he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 3 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Ryan Flournoy has been on the field for 73 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 3.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against NYG he caught 2 of 4 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against WAS he caught 5 of 6 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Luther Burden III played 15 games and scored 127.9 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR48.

He caught 47 of 60 targets for 652 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 13.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Ryan Flournoy played 16 games and scored 114.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR57.

He caught 40 of 56 targets for 475 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.5 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ryan Flournoy was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Luther Burden III scored 8.5 PPR points a game and Ryan Flournoy 7.1, 1.4 a game between them.

Luther Burden III finished WR48 that year and Ryan Flournoy WR57.

Luther Burden III had 4 more targets than Ryan Flournoy, 60 to 56.

Luther Burden III had 177 more receiving yards than Ryan Flournoy, 652 to 475.

This season Ryan Flournoy holds the bigger snap share, 73 percent against 65 percent.

This season Luther Burden III holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Luther Burden III is off in Week 10 and Ryan Flournoy in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.2 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.