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Start Jalen Coker or Zay Flowers? Week 9

Updated Nov 3, 3:41 PM ET.

Start Zay Flowers over Jalen Coker

Flowers projects lower, 9.4 to 11.9, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 23 for Flowers, 126 for Coker.

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Zay Flowers

WR · BAL · vs JAX

Market projects
9.4
fantasy pts
JAX D vs WR
36.9
6th most to WRs (2026)
Upside
Moderate
46 of 100 at WR
Snap share
67%
Through Week 8
Target share
30%
Through Week 8
Sit

Jalen Coker

WR · CAR · vs DEN

Market projects
11.8
fantasy pts
DEN D vs WR
27.9
7th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside
Limited
30 of 100 at WR
Snap share
70%
Through Week 8
Target share
21%
Through Week 8

Should I drop Jalen Coker for Zay Flowers?

Not on these numbers alone. Jalen Coker projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (13.1 a game over 9 games) and Zay Flowers 118 (14.8 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Zay Flowers over Jalen Coker.

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Our Week 9 call

Start Zay Flowers over Jalen Coker in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Zay Flowers at 9.4 points and Jalen Coker at 11.8, a gap of 2.5. Zay Flowers still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 23 against 126, and that outweighs a gap this size.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.9 fantasy points for Jalen Coker, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jalen Coker is 52 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (10, 8 and 11 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.4 fantasy points for Zay Flowers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Zay Flowers is 44 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (12, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Jalen Coker 2.5 points ahead of Zay Flowers on the market projections.

Week 9 matchups

Jalen Coker and CAR host DEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DEN allowed 27.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 130 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against DEN.

Zay Flowers and BAL host JAX on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

JAX allowed 36.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 6th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 196 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against JAX.

By points allowed to the position, Zay Flowers has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jalen Coker is not on the injury report.

Zay Flowers is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Jalen Coker played 70 percent of CAR snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 25 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Jalen Coker, Week 3 against CLE: 28 of 77 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards.

Jalen Coker, Week 6 against PHI: 59 of 79 snaps, 13 targets and 6 catches for 97 yards.

Jalen Coker, Week 7 against TB: 37 of 56 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Jalen Coker, Week 8 against GB: 63 of 73 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, 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 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.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jalen Coker played 11 games for CAR and scored 90.4 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing WR69.

He caught 33 of 43 targets for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets and 292 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 9 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Jalen Coker for Zay Flowers?

    Not on these numbers alone. Jalen Coker projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (13.1 a game over 9 games) and Zay Flowers 118 (14.8 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Zay Flowers over Jalen Coker.

  • Should I drop Zay Flowers for Jalen Coker?

    Not on these numbers alone. Zay Flowers projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (14.8 a game over 8 games) and Jalen Coker 118 (13.1 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Zay Flowers over Jalen Coker.

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