Start Davante Adams or Zay Flowers? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Davante Adams over Zay Flowers in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Davante Adams at 14.9 points and Zay Flowers at 14.5, a gap of 0.4. 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 14.9 fantasy points for Davante Adams, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Davante Adams is 59 receiving yards and 4-5 receptions, with a 54% chance to score a touchdown (12, 10 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 Davante Adams 0.4 points ahead of Zay Flowers on these projections.

Injury status

Davante Adams is not on the injury report.

Zay Flowers is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Davante Adams played 76 percent of LAR snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 37 percent of the air yards and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Davante Adams, Week 5 against BUF: 60 of 82 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 51 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, 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 6 calls

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