Start Ryan Flournoy or Kendrick Bourne? Week 8
Updated Oct 27, 11:46 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Kendrick Bourne over Ryan Flournoy
- Market projects
- 8.5
- recent weeks avg
- DAL D vs WR
- 35.5
- 10th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 58%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 13%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 7.8
- recent weeks avg
- ARI D vs WR
- 33.6
- 12th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 75%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 15%
- Through Week 7
Should I drop Ryan Flournoy for Kendrick Bourne?
Not on these numbers alone. Ryan Flournoy projects 71 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (7.9 a game over 9 games) and Kendrick Bourne 72 (8.0 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 8 the call starts Kendrick Bourne over Ryan Flournoy.
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Our Week 8 call
Start Kendrick Bourne over Ryan Flournoy in Week 8.
Market-based projections have Kendrick Bourne at 8.5 points and Ryan Flournoy at 7.8, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Kendrick Bourne this week yet, so his 8.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (9.7, 7.5 and 8.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Ryan Flournoy this week yet, so his 7.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (6.7, 8.3 and 8.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 8 player market is posted for Kendrick Bourne yet. His market-based projections were 9.7, 7.5 and 8.3 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 8.5, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
No Week 8 player market is posted for Ryan Flournoy yet. His market-based projections were 6.7, 8.3 and 8.3 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 7.8, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
That puts Kendrick Bourne 0.8 points ahead of Ryan Flournoy on these projections.
Week 8 matchups
Kendrick Bourne and ARI visit DAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
DAL allowed 35.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 10th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 163 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL.
Ryan Flournoy and DAL host ARI on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
ARI allowed 33.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 12th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 153 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against ARI.
By points allowed to the position, Kendrick Bourne has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Kendrick Bourne is not on the injury report.
Ryan Flournoy is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 8
Through Week 7, Kendrick Bourne played 58 percent of ARI snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
Kendrick Bourne, Week 4 against NYG: 42 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Kendrick Bourne, Week 5 against DET: 36 of 73 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 70 yards.
Kendrick Bourne, Week 6 against LAR: 41 of 72 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 47 yards.
Kendrick Bourne, Week 7 against DEN: 45 of 81 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 9 yards.
Through Week 7, Ryan Flournoy played 75 percent of DAL snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
Ryan Flournoy, Week 4 against HOU: 58 of 78 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 37 yards.
Ryan Flournoy, Week 5 against TB: 41 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 90 yards.
Ryan Flournoy, Week 6 against GB: 68 of 78 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown.
Ryan Flournoy, Week 7 against PHI: 53 of 68 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 70 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Kendrick Bourne played 16 games for SF and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.
He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets and 386 air yards.
He was on the field for 57 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Ryan Flournoy played 16 games for DAL and scored 114.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR57.
He caught 40 of 56 targets for 475 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 271 air yards.
He was on the field for 41 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 8 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Ryan Flournoy for Kendrick Bourne?
Not on these numbers alone. Ryan Flournoy projects 71 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (7.9 a game over 9 games) and Kendrick Bourne 72 (8.0 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 8 the call starts Kendrick Bourne over Ryan Flournoy.
Should I drop Kendrick Bourne for Ryan Flournoy?
Not on these numbers alone. Kendrick Bourne projects 72 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (8.0 a game over 9 games) and Ryan Flournoy 71 (7.9 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 8 the call starts Kendrick Bourne over Ryan Flournoy.
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Week 8 on the board
- Is Ryan Flournoy playing Week 8?
- Is Kendrick Bourne playing Week 8?
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