Should I start Zay Flowers or Malik Washington in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Zay Flowers's market-based projection is 10.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 57th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Malik Washington's market-based projection is 10.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 59th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zay Flowers, and the board ranks him 41st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Washington, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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, Malik Washington has been on the field for 82 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 5 against CIN he carried 1 time for 18 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 2 times for 8 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against NE he caught 5 of 6 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Malik Washington played 17 games and scored 116.7 PPR points, 6.9 a game, finishing WR54.

He caught 46 of 65 targets for 317 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 6.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 56 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 Malik Washington 6.9, 7.4 a game between them.

Zay Flowers finished WR7 that year and Malik Washington WR54.

Zay Flowers had 53 more targets than Malik Washington, 118 to 65.

Zay Flowers had 894 more receiving yards than Malik Washington, 1211 to 317.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 67 percent.

This season Zay Flowers holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 25 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

0.2 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.