Should I start Zay Flowers or Tee Higgins in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zay Flowers, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tee Higgins, and the board ranks him 86th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Zay Flowers is 3.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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 Tee Higgins is 3.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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 5, Tee Higgins has been on the field for 77 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 43 targets have averaged 13.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 6 of 7 targets for 90 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 11 of 16 targets for 157 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIA he caught 2 of 4 targets for 22 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 Tee Higgins played 15 games and scored 211.6 PPR points, 14.1 a game, finishing WR15.

He caught 59 of 98 targets for 846 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 6-7 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 80 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Zay Flowers was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Zay Flowers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Tee Higgins 14.1, 0.2 a game between them.

Zay Flowers finished WR7 that year and Tee Higgins WR15.

Zay Flowers had 20 more targets than Tee Higgins, 118 to 98.

Zay Flowers had 365 more receiving yards than Tee Higgins, 1211 to 846.

This season Tee Higgins holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 61 percent.

This season Zay Flowers holds the bigger target share, 31 percent against 23 percent.

Byes and availability

Zay Flowers is off in Week 13 and Tee Higgins in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.