Start CeeDee Lamb or Zay Flowers? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start CeeDee Lamb over Zay Flowers in Week 7.

Market-based projections have CeeDee Lamb at 19.0 points and Zay Flowers at 15.6, a gap of 3.4. No player market is posted for Zay Flowers this week yet, so his 15.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (18.8, 14.6 and 13.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take CeeDee Lamb at ADP 11 and Zay Flowers at 24.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 19.0 fantasy points for CeeDee Lamb, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for CeeDee Lamb is 83 receiving yards, 7-8 receptions and 0.6 touchdowns (8, 6 and 11 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Zay Flowers yet. His market-based projections were 18.8, 14.6 and 13.5 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 15.6, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Zay Flowers is 0-1 touchdowns (9 market sources).

That puts CeeDee Lamb 3.4 points ahead of Zay Flowers on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

CeeDee Lamb and DAL visit PHI on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

PHI allowed 38.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 181 yards and a touchdown a game against PHI.

Zay Flowers and BAL host CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CIN allowed 29.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 123 yards and a touchdown a game against CIN.

By points allowed to the position, CeeDee Lamb has the softer matchup.

Injury status

CeeDee Lamb is not on the injury report.

Zay Flowers is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, CeeDee Lamb played 79 percent of DAL snaps, drew 29 percent of the targets, earned 37 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

CeeDee Lamb, Week 3 against BAL: 61 of 74 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 112 yards.

CeeDee Lamb, Week 4 against HOU: 67 of 78 snaps, 1 carry for -6 yards, 21 targets and 17 catches for 189 yards, 1 touchdown.

CeeDee Lamb, Week 5 against TB: 34 of 60 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

CeeDee Lamb, Week 6 against GB: 69 of 78 snaps, 18 targets and 9 catches for 70 yards.

Through Week 6, Zay Flowers played 61 percent of BAL snaps, drew 31 percent of the targets, earned 35 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Zay Flowers, Week 6 against CLE: 50 of 57 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 11 targets and 6 catches for 66 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, CeeDee Lamb played 14 games for DAL and scored 200.9 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing WR22.

He caught 75 of 117 targets for 1077 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 754 air yards.

He was on the field for 75 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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 7 calls

• Start CeeDee Lamb over A.J. Brown.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over CeeDee Lamb.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Chris Olave.
• Start A.J. Brown over Zay Flowers.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Zay Flowers.
• Start Chris Olave over Zay Flowers.