Start Zay Flowers or Parker Washington? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Zay Flowers over Parker Washington in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Zay Flowers at 16.0 points and Parker Washington at 14.8, a gap of 1.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Drafters take Zay Flowers at ADP 24 and Parker Washington at 59.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.0 fantasy points for Zay Flowers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Zay Flowers is 77 receiving yards, 5-6 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (11, 9 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 14.8 fantasy points for Parker Washington, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Parker Washington is 67 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.6 touchdowns (13, 10 and 12 market sources).

That puts Zay Flowers 1.2 points ahead of Parker Washington on the market projections.

Week 8 matchups

Zay Flowers and BAL visit BUF on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BUF allowed 42.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 174 yards and 1.8 touchdowns a game against BUF.

Parker Washington and JAX host IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 29.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 142 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against IND.

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

Injury status

Zay Flowers is not on the injury report.

Parker Washington is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Zay Flowers played 65 percent of BAL snaps, drew 31 percent of the targets, earned 33 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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.

Through Week 6, Parker Washington played 77 percent of JAX snaps, drew 26 percent of the targets, earned 40 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Parker Washington, Week 3 against NE: 50 of 62 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown.

Parker Washington, Week 4 against CIN: 49 of 61 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Parker Washington, Week 5 against PHI: 59 of 72 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 124 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Parker Washington, Week 6 against HOU: 52 of 71 snaps, 11 targets and 4 catches for 64 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, Parker Washington played 16 games for JAX and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 582 air yards.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Zay Flowers over A.J. Brown.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Zay Flowers.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Zay Flowers.
• Start A.J. Brown over Parker Washington.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Parker Washington.
• Start Parker Washington over Carnell Tate.