Usage comparison · Wide receivers

George Pickens vs Zay Flowers

Zay Flowers gets more of his team's passes (30% vs 19%) and more of the deep throws (34% of its air yards vs 31%). In total, though, George Pickens has more targets (28 vs 22). George Pickens has played 4 games and Zay Flowers 3 games. Near the end zone, Zay Flowers has had more chances (4 vs 3 plays within 20 yards) and a bigger share of his team's chances there (11% vs 6%). Zay Flowers is scoring more fantasy points a game (22.4 vs 10.1, PPR), though their chances usually score the same: 12.5 expected points a game Est..

2026 season · Weeks 1–4 · Updated Oct 5, 2026

WRDAL

George Pickens
Fantasy points per game (PPR)
10.1
Expected points per gameEst.
12.5

4 games with a target, carry or dropback

WRBAL

Zay Flowers
Fantasy points per game (PPR)
22.4
Expected points per gameEst.
12.5

3 games with a target, carry or dropback

Week 4 injury report: Questionable (Hamstring)

Side by side

Season totals through week 3. Shares are of each player's team totals in the games he played. For counts and shares, the bigger number is in bold and the bars grow from the centre line.
George Pickens and Zay Flowers, season usage side by side
StatGeorge PickensZay Flowers
Games43
Passes thrown to him
Targets2822
Target share19%30%
Air-yards share31%34%
Catches1818
Receiving yards225352
Near the end zone
Red-zone chances34
Red-zone share6%11%
End-zone targets20
Touchdowns
Touchdowns02
Expected touchdownsEst.1.60.8
Fantasy points
Fantasy points per game (PPR)10.122.4
Fantasy points (PPR)40.567.2
Expected points per gameEst.12.512.5
Points vs expectedEst.−2.4+9.9

Week by week

Each bar is one game. Pick a stat to compare.

Target share by week

Out of all the passes his team threw in his games, the part thrown to him.

  • George Pickens
  • Zay Flowers

— no game with a target, carry or dropback that week.

Target share by week
WeekGeorge PickensZay Flowers
120%against NYG25%against IND
226%against WAS— no game with a target, carry or dropback
328%against BAL30%against DAL
47%against HOU34%against TEN

Next to each number: that week's opponent. — no game with a target, carry or dropback that week.

Where they rank

Each player's place among players at his position who meet the leaderboard's minimum. Open a leaderboard for the full list.
Leaderboard ranks for George Pickens and Zay Flowers
LeaderboardGeorge PickensZay Flowers
Target share leaders#38of 96 wide receivers#4of 96 wide receivers
Air-yards share leaders#28of 96 wide receivers#23of 96 wide receivers
Red-zone share leaders#45of 47 wide receivers#29of 47 wide receivers
Red-zone opportunity leaders#37of 174 wide receivers#32of 174 wide receivers
End-zone target leaders#32of 174 wide receivers#174of 174 wide receivers
Expected fantasy points leadersEst.#25of 174 wide receivers#26of 174 wide receivers

Talking points

Fact-checked notes from the weekly usage report, with the numbers behind them.

George Pickens

Touchdowns below usage

George Pickens has scored 0 touchdowns on opportunities that usually produce 1.6, per FFO's expected-points model.

Touchdowns
0
Expected touchdownsEst.
1.6
Expected PPR per gameEst.
12.5
PPR vs expected, per gameEst.
−2.4

Weeks 1–4 · 4 games

  • Model estimate, not a forecast: v1 predicts about as well as raw points.

Zay Flowers

No talking points for him in this week's report.

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