Start Zay Flowers or George Pickens? Week 10
Updated Nov 10, 1:11 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 11 answer posts Tuesday.
Latest
- : George Pickens: Questionable to Out (Hamstring) (Sleeper injury feed)
- : George Pickens: Listed Questionable (Hamstring) (Sleeper injury feed)
Start Zay Flowers over George Pickens
- Market projects
- 14.5
- recent weeks avg
- LAC D vs WR
- 36.6
- 6th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 67%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 30%
- Through Week 9
- Market projects
- 13.4
- recent weeks avg
- SF D vs WR
- 27.2
- 6th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 78%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 21%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop George Pickens for Zay Flowers?
Not on these numbers alone. George Pickens projects 98 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.0 a game over 7 games) and Zay Flowers 102 (14.6 a game over 7 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Zay Flowers over George Pickens. George Pickens is listed out.
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Our Week 10 call
Start Zay Flowers over George Pickens in Week 10.
George Pickens is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Zay Flowers. Drafters take Zay Flowers at ADP 23 and George Pickens at 20.
What the market projects
No Week 10 player market is posted for George Pickens yet. His market-based projections were 13.6, 14.8 and 11.8 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 13.4, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.
The market-based projection for George Pickens is 0-1 touchdowns (5 market sources).
No Week 10 player market is posted for Zay Flowers yet. His market-based projections were 14.2, 18.2 and 10.9 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 14.5, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.
That puts Zay Flowers 1.1 points ahead of George Pickens on these projections.
Week 10 matchups
George Pickens and DAL host SF on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
SF allowed 27.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 6th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 123 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against SF.
Zay Flowers and BAL host LAC on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.
LAC allowed 36.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 6th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 158 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against LAC.
By points allowed to the position, Zay Flowers has the softer matchup.
Injury status
George Pickens is listed as out with a hamstring injury.
Zay Flowers is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 10
Through Week 8, George Pickens played 78 percent of DAL snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
George Pickens, Week 5 against TB: 53 of 60 snaps, 13 targets and 9 catches for 130 yards, 1 touchdown.
George Pickens, Week 6 against GB: 69 of 78 snaps, 11 targets and 6 catches for 73 yards.
George Pickens, Week 7 against PHI: 41 of 68 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 57 yards, 1 touchdown.
George Pickens, Week 8 against ARI: 42 of 74 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 48 yards.
Through Week 9, Zay Flowers played 67 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 6 against CLE: 50 of 57 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 11 targets and 6 catches for 66 yards.
Zay Flowers, Week 7 against CIN: 57 of 67 snaps, 11 targets and 8 catches for 137 yards, 1 touchdown.
Zay Flowers, Week 8 against BUF: 42 of 51 snaps, 5 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Zay Flowers, Week 9 against JAX: 37 of 56 snaps, 3 carries for 17 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 6 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, George Pickens played 17 games for DAL and scored 291.9 PPR points, 17.2 a game, finishing WR5.
He caught 93 of 137 targets for 1429 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets and 950 air yards.
He was on the field for 83 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 10 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 10, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop George Pickens for Zay Flowers?
Not on these numbers alone. George Pickens projects 98 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.0 a game over 7 games) and Zay Flowers 102 (14.6 a game over 7 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Zay Flowers over George Pickens. George Pickens is listed out.
Should I drop Zay Flowers for George Pickens?
Not on these numbers alone. Zay Flowers projects 102 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.6 a game over 7 games) and George Pickens 98 (14.0 a game over 7 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Zay Flowers over George Pickens. George Pickens is listed out.
Week 10 on the board
- Is Zay Flowers playing Week 10?
- Is George Pickens playing Week 10?
- Ravens depth chart
- Cowboys depth chart
- Week 10 WR rankings
- Week 10 fantasy rankings
- Week 10 start or sit
- Week 10 waiver wire
- Week 10 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 10
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 10 kicker rankings
- Week 10 defense rankings