Should I start Michael Wilson or Ryan Flournoy in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Wilson, and the board ranks him 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ryan Flournoy, and the board ranks him 135th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Michael Wilson is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Ryan Flournoy is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Michael Wilson's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Michael Wilson has been on the field for 89 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 22 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 9 of its 29 chances inside the five and seen 22 of its 57 two minute targets.

His 81 targets have averaged 11.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 4 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DEN he carried 2 times for 11 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DAL he carried 1 time for 17 yards, caught 8 of 15 targets for 111 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Ryan Flournoy has been on the field for 74 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 1 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 12 of its 50 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 7.1 air yards.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 7 of 9 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 4 of 4 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against ARI he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Michael Wilson played 17 games and scored 220.6 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing WR10.

He caught 78 of 126 targets for 1006 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 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 3-4 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.

Michael Wilson was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Michael Wilson scored 13.0 PPR points a game and Ryan Flournoy 7.1, 5.9 a game between them.

Michael Wilson finished WR10 that year and Ryan Flournoy WR57.

Michael Wilson had 70 more targets than Ryan Flournoy, 126 to 56.

Michael Wilson had 531 more receiving yards than Ryan Flournoy, 1006 to 475.

This season Michael Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 89 percent against 74 percent.

This season Michael Wilson holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 14, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Michael Wilson is listed as questionable on the injury report.