Start Malik Nabers or Zay Flowers? Week 2
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Malik Nabers over Zay Flowers
- Books imply
- 14.4
- fantasy pts
- LAR D vs WR
- 47.9
- 4th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 52%
- Through Week 1
- Target share
- 31%
- Through Week 1
- NO D vs WR
- 37.2
- 10th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 29%
- Through Week 1
- Target share
- 25%
- Through Week 1
Our Week 2 call
Start Malik Nabers over Zay Flowers in Week 2.
Malik Nabers is priced by the books at 14.4 projected points. Zay Flowers has too little of his market posted this week to price, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and his injury status only. Drafters take Malik Nabers at ADP 29 and Zay Flowers at 25.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Zay Flowers in Week 2.
Player prop markets imply 14.4 fantasy points for Malik Nabers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
Week 2 matchups
Zay Flowers and BAL host NO on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
NO allowed 37.2 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 10th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 112 yards and 2 touchdowns against NO.
Malik Nabers and NYG visit LAR on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.
LAR allowed 47.9 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 4th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns against LAR.
By points allowed to the position, Malik Nabers has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Zay Flowers is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.
Malik Nabers is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 2
Through Week 1, Zay Flowers played 29 percent of BAL snaps, drew 25 percent of the targets, earned 34 percent of the air yards and had 0 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.
Through Week 1, Malik Nabers played 52 percent of NYG snaps, drew 31 percent of the targets, earned 42 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
Malik Nabers, Week 1 against DAL: 36 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 69 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
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.
Zay Flowers, Week 18 of 2025 against PIT: 6 targets and 4 catches for 138 yards, 2 touchdowns, 29.8 PPR points.
Zay Flowers, Week 17 of 2025 against GB: 52 of 76 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 30 yards, 1 touchdown, 13.0 PPR points.
In 2025, Malik Nabers played 4 games for NYG and scored 57.1 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing WR101.
He caught 18 of 35 targets for 271 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets and 219 air yards.
He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 2 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR11 · NYG · bye 8
2025 vs rec yds line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 70
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
Ranked behind
WR65 · BAL · bye 13
2025 vs rec yds line 9-8
- Overall rank
- 176
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 10
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 2, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board106
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 5 and tier 10
- Board size244 draftable players
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