Start Davante Adams or Zay Flowers? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Davante Adams over Zay Flowers in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Davante Adams at 14.7 points and Zay Flowers at 14.6, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 14.7 fantasy points for Davante Adams, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Davante Adams at 62.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 49% chance to score a touchdown (11, 12 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 14.6 fantasy points for Zay Flowers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Zay Flowers at 67.5 receiving yards and 5.5 receptions, with a 33% chance to score a touchdown (16, 11 and 15 market sources).

That puts Davante Adams 0.1 points ahead of Zay Flowers on the market projections.

Injury status

Davante Adams is not on the injury report.

Zay Flowers is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Davante Adams played 76 percent of LAR snaps, drew 24 percent of the targets, earned 41 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Davante Adams, Week 1 against SF: 33 of 61 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 26 yards.

Davante Adams, Week 2 against NYG: 40 of 62 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 195 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Davante Adams, Week 3 against DEN: 71 of 86 snaps, 13 targets and 7 catches for 137 yards.

Davante Adams, Week 4 against PHI: 80 of 84 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 32 yards.

Through Week 4, Zay Flowers played 45 percent of BAL snaps, drew 30 percent of the targets, earned 34 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Davante Adams played 14 games for LAR and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets and 671 air yards.

He was on the field for 70 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 5 calls

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