Start Zay Flowers or Carnell Tate? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Zay Flowers over Carnell Tate in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Zay Flowers at 13.5 points and Carnell Tate at 11.7, a gap of 1.8. Drafters take Zay Flowers at ADP 24 and Carnell Tate at 81.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 13.5 fantasy points for Zay Flowers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Zay Flowers is 59 receiving yards, 5-6 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (9, 10 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.7 fantasy points for Carnell Tate, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Carnell Tate is 54 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (8, 11 and 13 market sources).

That puts Zay Flowers 1.8 points ahead of Carnell Tate on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Zay Flowers and BAL visit CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 36.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 10th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 165 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against CLE.

Carnell Tate and TEN visit IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 31.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 14th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 160 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against IND.

By points allowed to the position, Zay Flowers has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Zay Flowers is not on the injury report.

Carnell Tate is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Zay Flowers played 55 percent of BAL snaps, drew 30 percent of the targets, earned 33 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Zay Flowers, Week 1 against IND: 20 of 68 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 150 yards, 1 touchdown.

Zay Flowers, Week 3 against DAL: 21 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 20 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 84 yards.

Zay Flowers, Week 4 against TEN: 47 of 64 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 118 yards, 1 touchdown.

Zay Flowers, Week 5 against ATL: 62 of 76 snaps, 1 carry for 13 yards, 9 targets and 8 catches for 53 yards.

Through Week 5, Carnell Tate played 82 percent of TEN snaps, drew 26 percent of the targets, earned 46 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Carnell Tate, Week 2 against PHI: 40 of 53 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards.

Carnell Tate, Week 3 against NYG: 53 of 60 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 58 yards.

Carnell Tate, Week 4 against BAL: 54 of 64 snaps, 12 targets and 9 catches for 145 yards.

Carnell Tate, Week 5 against HOU: 48 of 63 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Zay Flowers played 17 games for BAL 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 and 753 air yards.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start CeeDee Lamb over Zay Flowers.
• Start Chris Olave over Zay Flowers.
• Start Zay Flowers over Christian Watson.
• Start Chris Olave over Carnell Tate.
• Start Christian Watson over Carnell Tate.
• Start Carnell Tate over Courtland Sutton.