Start Michael Wilson or Zay Flowers? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Zay Flowers over Michael Wilson in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Zay Flowers at 14.5 points and Michael Wilson at 13.5, a gap of 1.0. 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

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).

Player markets imply 13.5 fantasy points for Michael Wilson, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Michael Wilson is 59 receiving yards and 5-6 receptions, with a 31% chance to score a touchdown (11, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Zay Flowers 1.0 points ahead of Michael Wilson on these projections.

Injury status

Zay Flowers is not on the injury report.

Michael Wilson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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.

Through Week 5, Michael Wilson played 90 percent of ARI snaps, drew 26 percent of the targets, earned 36 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Michael Wilson, Week 2 against SEA: 47 of 50 snaps, 7 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards.

Michael Wilson, Week 3 against SF: 81 of 87 snaps, 17 targets and 11 catches for 89 yards, 1 touchdown.

Michael Wilson, Week 4 against NYG: 62 of 66 snaps, 13 targets and 7 catches for 95 yards.

Michael Wilson, Week 5 against DET: 61 of 73 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 30 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.

In 2025, Michael Wilson played 17 games for ARI and scored 220.6 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing WR10.

He caught 78 of 126 targets for 1006 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets and 733 air yards.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start CeeDee Lamb over Zay Flowers.
• Start Chris Olave over Zay Flowers.
• Start Christian Watson over Zay Flowers.
• Start Michael Wilson over Carnell Tate.
• Start Chris Olave over Michael Wilson.
• Start Christian Watson over Michael Wilson.