Should I start Zay Flowers or Rashee Rice in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zay Flowers, and the board ranks him 176th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashee Rice, and the board ranks him 178th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Zay Flowers is 3.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 market sources. 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 Rashee Rice is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Zay Flowers has been on the field for 61 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 31 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 8.9 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against CLE he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 6 of 11 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 64 percent of KC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 7.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 4 of 6 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 7 of 9 targets for 88 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LV he was not given the ball.

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 Rashee Rice played 8 games and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 73 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Zay Flowers was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Zay Flowers 14.3, 4.5 a game between them.

Zay Flowers finished WR7 that year and Rashee Rice WR40.

Zay Flowers had 40 more targets than Rashee Rice, 118 to 78.

Zay Flowers had 640 more receiving yards than Rashee Rice, 1211 to 571.

This season Rashee Rice holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 61 percent.

This season Zay Flowers holds the bigger target share, 31 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Zay Flowers is off in Week 13 and Rashee Rice in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rashee Rice is listed as questionable on the injury report.