Should You Start DJ Moore or Zay Flowers in Fantasy Football Week 7?

With six teams on bye in Week 7, finding a reliable starting wide receiver for your fantasy football lineup can be challenging. Who is the better play this week, Chicago Bears WR DJ Moore or Baltimore Ravens WR Zay Flowers?

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DJ Moore’s Fantasy Outlook This Week

Moore exploded on Thursday Night Football in Week 5 on national television for a ridiculous line of eight catches, 230 yards, and three touchdowns. It’s natural for the fantasy community to pump up his value after seeing what the man can do in a perfect scenario.

Unfortunately for Moore and his fantasy managers, this scenario will not be perfect.

Week 7 brings the first career start of an undrafted Division II quarterback from Shepherd University — located in Shepherdstown, W.V. — Tyson Bagent. This game also brings the lowest over/under line on the board this week at 37 versus the Las Vegas Raiders, who are top 12 against wide receivers.

If Justin Fields were under center, this would be a much rosier outlook, even in a low-scoring affair. But I don’t have high expectations for Moore this week.

We have him ranked as the No. 25 wide receiver this week, but I can’t personally start him as any more than a No. 2 Flex.

Zay Flowers’ Fantasy Outlook This Week

Fun fact: Flowers was my geometry student and a darn good one. Fun fact: Flowers is leading the pass catchers from the Ravens in targets, yards, and rushing attempts this season as a rookie, even above Mark Andrews. Fun fact: Flowers is a yards-after-catch machine and is explosive with the ball in his hands.

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He is facing the 17th-ranked defense against fantasy wide receivers in the Detroit Lions. I see Flowers continuing his dominance over the Ravens’ receiver room and putting up a WR2 performance in Week 7 with a legitimate chance at a WR1 score if he breaks one or two big ones.

Which Wide Receiver Should You Start?

In the Pro Football Network Start/Sit Optimizer, PFN’s Consensus Rankings say that Flowers is the player to start. His projected 14.1 points include a projection of 59.6 receiving yards, 6.5 receptions, and 0.3 touchdowns. That doesn’t seem like a big stat line, but it outperforms the consensus projection for DJ Moore (11.4 points).

My ranking for these two wide receivers aligns with the consensus as I see Flowers powering the Ravens’ passing attack in a good game script and Moore struggling with an undrafted rookie quarterback in his first career start.