Should I start Zach Charbonnet or Zay Flowers in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Zach Charbonnet's market-based projection is 10.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 68th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Zay Flowers's market-based projection is 10.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 69th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zach Charbonnet, and the board ranks him 40th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zay Flowers, and the board ranks him 53rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Zach Charbonnet has been on the field for 37 percent of SEA snaps, taken 32 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 36 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 8 third down targets and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have come 1.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 8 against CHI he carried 6 times for 23 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Zay Flowers has been on the field for 67 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 58 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

In Week 6 against CLE he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 6 of 11 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CIN he caught 8 of 11 targets for 137 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against BUF he caught 0 of 5 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Zach Charbonnet played 16 games and scored 181.4 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB24.

He carried 184 times for 730 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 20 of 24 targets for 144 more yards.

That came to 11-12 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 1.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Zay Flowers was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Zay Flowers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Zach Charbonnet 11.3, 3.0 a game between them.

Zach Charbonnet finished RB24 and Zay Flowers WR7, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

0.1 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.