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Why is Zay Flowers ranked so much lower in Dynasty than in Redraft for '26?
Jul 7, 2026/u/TheKillahr/DynastyFF
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Zay Flowers is a bit of a headscratcher for me, wondering if anyone has any particular insight on him. He turns 26 in September, and in his first three seasons has posted progressively better stats going from WR30 in 2023 to WR24 and WR7 last year. A lot of that is due to playing in 50 out of a career 51 games and all 17 last year, as by PPG he was a distant WR14 with 11.8 PPG, about halfway between Olave (WR9 @ 13.7) and Egbuka (WR30 @ 9.7). Top 5 might be pretty far outside his grasp, but he's certainly WR2 viable and will be in the prime of his career the next three seasons. Despite this, he's currently ranked WR27 on FantasyCalc (real trades) and WR25 on KTC, well behind the big 3 rookies plus guys like Egbuka, Burden, Odunze, and MHJ, who are all a couple years younger but have not shown as much on the field as much as Flowers has. I'm not saying anything about these guys in particular, but they would be touted as success stories if they hit 1000 yards this year like Flowers did in his sophomore season two years ago. Meanwhile, Flowers is currently WR14 on Underdog drafts (which is best ball, to be fair), WR16 on Fantasypros rankings, and WR15 on Footballguys consensus ADP (no idea how accurate this is). He's consistently near guys like DeVonta Smith and Tee Higgins by ADP and ahead of guys like Garrett Wilson, Jameson Williams, Jaylen Waddle. Almost every one of them is Flowers' age or older and ahead of him on dynasty rankings, sometimes by a lot. Is there a reason dynasty gamers have soured on Flowers in a way that redraft hasn't? Or are redraft players putting too much stock in a guy that is inconsistent and stuck in a run heavy offense? submitted by /u/TheKillah [link] [comments]