Zay Flowers or Romeo Doubs: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Zay Flowers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 90th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Romeo Doubs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Zay Flowers at 2.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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 Romeo Doubs at 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Zay Flowers has been on the field for 55 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.

Through Week 5, Romeo Doubs has been on the field for 69 percent of NE snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 1 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 16.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against JAX he caught 3 of 4 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 6 of 9 targets for 58 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 1 of 3 targets for 16 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 Romeo Doubs played 16 games and scored 165.4 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing WR37.

He caught 55 of 85 targets for 724 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 5.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 13.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Zay Flowers was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Zay Flowers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Romeo Doubs 10.3, 4.0 a game between them.

Zay Flowers finished WR7 that year and Romeo Doubs WR37.

Zay Flowers had 33 more targets than Romeo Doubs, 118 to 85.

Zay Flowers had 487 more receiving yards than Romeo Doubs, 1211 to 724.

This season Romeo Doubs holds the bigger snap share, 69 percent against 55 percent.

This season Zay Flowers holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Zay Flowers is off in Week 13 and Romeo Doubs in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.