Should I start Zay Flowers or Rome Odunze in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zay Flowers, and the board ranks him 35th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rome Odunze, and the board ranks him 36th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Zay Flowers's market-based projection is 9.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 19th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for Rome Odunze, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Zay Flowers has been on the field for 65 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 7, Rome Odunze has been on the field for 85 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 2 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 13.3 air yards.

In Week 5 against GB he caught 3 of 9 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ATL he caught 3 of 4 targets for 39 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NE he caught 4 of 5 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

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 Rome Odunze played 12 games and scored 146.1 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR41.

He caught 44 of 90 targets for 661 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 7-8 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 15.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Zay Flowers was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Zay Flowers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Rome Odunze 12.2, 2.1 a game between them.

Zay Flowers finished WR7 that year and Rome Odunze WR41.

Zay Flowers had 28 more targets than Rome Odunze, 118 to 90.

Zay Flowers had 550 more receiving yards than Rome Odunze, 1211 to 661.

This season Rome Odunze holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 65 percent.

This season Zay Flowers holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Zay Flowers is off in Week 13 and Rome Odunze in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Rome Odunze has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.