Start Zay Flowers or Romeo Doubs? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Zay Flowers over Romeo Doubs in Week 7.

Romeo Doubs is on injured reserve, so this is not a close call: start Zay Flowers. Drafters take Zay Flowers at ADP 24 and Romeo Doubs at 114.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Romeo Doubs yet. His market-based projections were 18.4 and 11.1 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 14.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Zay Flowers yet. His market-based projections were 18.8 and 14.6 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 16.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Zay Flowers 2.0 points ahead of Romeo Doubs on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Romeo Doubs and NE visit CHI on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 31.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 15th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 160 yards and a touchdown a game against CHI.

Zay Flowers and BAL host CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CIN allowed 29.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 11th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 123 yards and a touchdown a game against CIN.

By points allowed to the position, Romeo Doubs has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Romeo Doubs is listed as ir.

Zay Flowers is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Romeo Doubs played 69 percent of NE snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 25 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Romeo Doubs, Week 3 against JAX: 46 of 63 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 49 yards.

Romeo Doubs, Week 4 against BUF: 49 of 76 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 58 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Romeo Doubs, Week 5 against LV: 62 of 75 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 16 yards.

Romeo Doubs, Week 6 against NYJ: 1 target and 1 catch for 42 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Zay Flowers played 55 percent of BAL snaps, drew 31 percent of the targets, earned 35 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Zay Flowers, Week 6 against CLE: 1 carry for 1 yards, 11 targets and 6 catches for 66 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Romeo Doubs played 16 games for GB and scored 165.4 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing WR37.

He caught 55 of 85 targets for 724 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 561 air yards.

He was on the field for 78 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 7 calls

• Start Davante Adams over Romeo Doubs.
• Start DK Metcalf over Romeo Doubs.
• Start Garrett Wilson over Romeo Doubs.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Zay Flowers.
• Start Zay Flowers over Christian Watson.
• Start Zay Flowers over Davante Adams.