Zay Flowers or Terry McLaurin: 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 94th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 96th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Zay Flowers at 2.5 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 Terry McLaurin at 2.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 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, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 73 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 2 of 9 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 6 of 9 targets for 77 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYG he caught 4 of 4 targets for 62 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 Terry McLaurin played 10 games and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Zay Flowers was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Zay Flowers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Terry McLaurin 11.4, 2.9 a game between them.

Zay Flowers finished WR7 that year and Terry McLaurin WR56.

Zay Flowers had 58 more targets than Terry McLaurin, 118 to 60.

Zay Flowers had 629 more receiving yards than Terry McLaurin, 1211 to 582.

This season Terry McLaurin holds the bigger snap share, 73 percent against 55 percent.

This season Zay Flowers holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 22 percent.

Byes and availability

Zay Flowers is off in Week 13 and Terry McLaurin in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.