The Baltimore Ravens will face the Buffalo Bills in the Divisional Round. Here’s the latest fantasy football news and advice to help you with your lineups this week and moving forward, especially regarding WR Zay Flowers.
Is Zay Flowers Playing vs. the Bills?
Flowers will miss his second playoff game as he continues to deal with a knee injury. He did not practice the entire week and was listed as doubtful on the final injury report.
We’ll continue to monitor the Ravens’ injury report. You can also visit and bookmark our NFL Injury Tracker and Fantasy News Tracker for the latest updates.
Zay Flowers’ Fantasy Outlook
News broke late last week that Zay Flowers (knee) would miss the Wild Card game against the Steelers and would have “a chance” to play should Baltimore advance. But he’ll be out another week.
That said, let’s operate under the assumption that he was cleared for action mid-week and enters the weekend set to play and see what the impact would have been.
Flowers’ aDOT is up this season from last, something that was expected with defenses getting closer to the line of scrimmage to get in Derrick Henry’s way, but his downfield production has fallen off a cliff.
Flowers’ deep-target production, 2023:
- 54.8% catch rate
- 2.80 PPR points per target
- 31.1 yards per catch
Flowers’ deep-target production, 2024:
- 46.3% catch rate
- 1.95 PPR points per target
- 25.8 yards per catch
It’s funny — Flowers’ counting numbers look better this year than last, but I enjoyed rostering the consistent version of him in 2023 more than the rollercoaster edition we’ve seen for the past four months (five games with 100+ yards but multiple six-game scoreless streaks and eight weeks under 40 receiving yards).
His aDOT and YAC numbers are both up from his rookie year, résumé builders that will have me investing in September, but his compromised status while facing a defense tailored to stopping his profile (11th in YAC allowed to receivers and sixth-fewest yards surrendered per deep completion) have me uninvested across the board.
Are you looking for start/sit advice for other players in your lineup? Read our Divisional Round Fantasy Start-Sit Advice Cheat Sheet for every fantasy-relevant player in every game.
Zay Flowers’ Fantasy Points Projection in the Divisional Round
As of Sunday, Flowers is projected to score 1.7 fantasy points in PPR formats. This includes 0.6 receptions for 7.8 yards and 0 touchdowns.
Check out the free PFN Fantasy Start-Sit Optimizer for the latest projections and advice for your lineups this week.
Zay Flowers’ Fantasy Ranking
Our Weekly Consensus PPR Rankings are below — both positional and overall. They were last updated at 11:45 PM ET on Saturday, January 25.
Conference Championship WR PPR Rankings
1) A.J. Brown | PHI (vs. WAS)
2) Terry McLaurin | WAS (at PHI)
3) DeVonta Smith | PHI (vs. WAS)
4) Khalil Shakir | BUF (at KC)
5) Xavier Worthy | KC (vs. BUF)
6) Hollywood Brown | KC (vs. BUF)
7) DeAndre Hopkins | KC (vs. BUF)
8) Keon Coleman | BUF (at KC)
9) Dyami Brown | WAS (at PHI)
10) Mack Hollins | BUF (at KC)
11) Amari Cooper | BUF (at KC)
12) Curtis Samuel | BUF (at KC)
13) Olamide Zaccheaus | WAS (at PHI)
14) JuJu Smith-Schuster | KC (vs. BUF)
15) Jahan Dotson | PHI (vs. WAS)
16) Jamison Crowder | WAS (at PHI)
17) Luke McCaffrey | WAS (at PHI)
18) Justin Watson | KC (vs. BUF)
19) Johnny Wilson | PHI (vs. WAS)
20) Parris Campbell | PHI (vs. WAS)
21) Nikko Remigio | KC (vs. BUF)
22) Ainias Smith | PHI (vs. WAS)