Zay Flowers or Saquon Barkley: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Zay Flowers at 16.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 books. That is the 29th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Saquon Barkley at 15.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 books. That is the 40th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Zay Flowers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 41.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Saquon Barkley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 21st overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 3; 2QB: ADP 23.

This season so far

Through Week 1, Zay Flowers has been on the field for 29 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 6 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 15.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against IND he caught 5 of 6 targets for 150 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 2, Saquon Barkley has been on the field for 39 percent of PHI snaps, taken 35 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against WAS he carried 15 times for 83 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for -3 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 4 times for 9 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 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 Saquon Barkley played 16 games and scored 232.3 PPR points, 14.5 a game, finishing RB14.

He carried 280 times for 1140 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 37 of 50 targets for 273 more yards.

That came to 17.5 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

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

Zay Flowers was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Saquon Barkley scored 14.5 PPR points a game and Zay Flowers 14.3, 0.2 a game between them.

Zay Flowers finished WR7 and Saquon Barkley RB14, which are two different ladders.

Zay Flowers is a wide receiver and Saquon Barkley a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

Zay Flowers is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Saquon Barkley is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.8 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.