Start Christian Watson or Zay Flowers? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Christian Watson over Zay Flowers in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Christian Watson at 15.1 points and Zay Flowers at 14.5, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Zay Flowers this week yet, so his 14.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (10.0, 18.8 and 14.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 15.1 fantasy points for Christian Watson, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Christian Watson is 72 receiving yards and 4-5 receptions, with a 43% chance to score a touchdown (13, 9 and 13 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Zay Flowers yet. His market-based projections were 10.0, 18.8 and 14.6 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 14.5, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Zay Flowers a 37% chance to score a touchdown (10 market sources).

That puts Christian Watson 0.6 points ahead of Zay Flowers on these projections.

Injury status

Christian Watson is not on the injury report.

Zay Flowers is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Christian Watson played 79 percent of GB snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Christian Watson, Week 2 against NYJ: 53 of 59 snaps, 11 targets and 4 catches for 41 yards, 1 touchdown.

Christian Watson, Week 3 against ATL: 53 of 66 snaps, 10 targets and 7 catches for 96 yards, 1 touchdown.

Christian Watson, Week 4 against TB: 41 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 47 yards.

Christian Watson, Week 5 against CHI: 49 of 61 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 143 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Christian Watson played 10 games for GB and scored 132.4 PPR points, 13.2 a game, finishing WR46.

He caught 35 of 55 targets for 611 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 493 air yards.

He was on the field for 68 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 6 calls

• Start Christian Watson over Carnell Tate.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Christian Watson.
• Start Chris Olave over Christian Watson.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Zay Flowers.
• Start Chris Olave over Zay Flowers.
• Start Davante Adams over Zay Flowers.