Zay Flowers or Tetairoa McMillan: 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 75th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tetairoa McMillan: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Zay Flowers at 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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 Tetairoa McMillan at 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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 so far

Through Week 5, Zay Flowers has been on the field for 45 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 4, Tetairoa McMillan has been on the field for 87 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 3 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against ATL he caught 5 of 10 targets for 101 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 2 of 5 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 14 of 16 targets for 192 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Tetairoa McMillan played 17 games and scored 211.4 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR16.

He caught 70 of 122 targets for 1014 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 57 percent catch rate and 14.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Zay Flowers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Tetairoa McMillan 12.4, 1.9 a game between them.

Zay Flowers finished WR7 that year and Tetairoa McMillan WR16.

Tetairoa McMillan had 4 more targets than Zay Flowers, 122 to 118.

Zay Flowers had 197 more receiving yards than Tetairoa McMillan, 1211 to 1014.

This season Tetairoa McMillan holds the bigger snap share, 87 percent against 45 percent.

This season Zay Flowers holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 27 percent.

Byes and availability

Zay Flowers is off in Week 13 and Tetairoa McMillan in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.