Malik Nabers or Zay Flowers: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Nabers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 12; 2QB: ADP 27.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Zay Flowers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 75th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Malik Nabers at 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Zay Flowers at 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Malik Nabers has been on the field for 70 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 11.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against TEN he caught 5 of 6 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ARI he caught 6 of 7 targets for 112 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against WAS he caught 11 of 20 targets for 121 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, 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 6 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 8.6 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against ATL he carried 1 time for 13 yards, caught 8 of 9 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Malik Nabers played 4 games and scored 57.1 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing WR101.

He caught 18 of 35 targets for 271 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 8.8 targets a game, a 51 percent catch rate and 15.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 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 13 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 they scored the same 14.3 PPR points a game.

Malik Nabers finished WR101 that year and Zay Flowers WR7.

Zay Flowers had 83 more targets than Malik Nabers, 118 to 35.

Zay Flowers had 940 more receiving yards than Malik Nabers, 1211 to 271.

This season Malik Nabers holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 45 percent.

This season Zay Flowers holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 28 percent.

Byes and availability

Malik Nabers is off in Week 8 and Zay Flowers in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.