Usage comparison · Wide receivers

Mike Evans vs Zay Flowers

Zay Flowers gets more of his team's passes (30% vs 25%), while Mike Evans gets more of the deep throws (43% of his team's air yards vs 33%). In total, though, Mike Evans has more targets (34 vs 31). Mike Evans has played 5 games and Zay Flowers 4 games. Near the end zone, Mike Evans has had more chances (6 vs 5 plays within 20 yards) and a bigger share of his team's chances there (12% vs 11%). Zay Flowers is scoring more fantasy points a game (20.5 vs 15.3, PPR), but the chances Mike Evans gets usually score more: 13.2 vs 12.9 expected points a game Est..

2026 season · Weeks 1–5 · Updated Oct 12, 2026

WRSF

Mike Evans

Fantasy points per game (PPR): 15.3
Expected points per gameEst.: 13.2

5 games with a target, carry or dropback

WRBAL

Zay Flowers

Fantasy points per game (PPR): 20.5
Expected points per gameEst.: 12.9

4 games with a target, carry or dropback

Week 5 injury report: Questionable (Foot)

Side by side

Season totals through week 4. 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.

Mike Evans and Zay Flowers, season usage side by side
Stat	Mike Evans	Zay Flowers
Games	5	4
Passes thrown to him
Targets	34	31
Target share	25%	30%
Air-yards share	43%	33%
Catches	24	26
Receiving yards	326	405
Near the end zone
Red-zone chances	6	5
Red-zone share	12%	11%
End-zone targets	4	0
Touchdowns
Touchdowns	3	2
Expected touchdownsEst.	2.6	0.9
Fantasy points
Fantasy points per game (PPR)	15.3	20.5
Fantasy points (PPR)	76.6	81.8
Expected points per gameEst.	13.2	12.9
Points vs expectedEst.	+1.8	+7.6

Week by week

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Target share by week

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

Mike Evans
Zay Flowers

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

Target share by week
Week	Mike Evans	Zay Flowers
1	21%against LA	25%against IND
2	14%against MIA	— no game with a target, carry or dropback
3	23%against ARI	30%against DAL
4	28%against DEN	34%against TEN
5	37%against SEA	29%against ATL

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 Mike Evans and Zay Flowers
Leaderboard	Mike Evans	Zay Flowers
Target share leaders	#19of 103 wide receivers	#5of 103 wide receivers
Air-yards share leaders	#8of 103 wide receivers	#22of 103 wide receivers
Red-zone share leaders	#25of 59 wide receivers	#29of 59 wide receivers
Red-zone opportunity leaders	#14of 180 wide receivers	#26of 180 wide receivers
End-zone target leaders	#16of 180 wide receivers	#180of 180 wide receivers
Expected fantasy points leadersEst.	#24of 180 wide receivers	#27of 180 wide receivers

Talking points

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

Mike Evans

Role up

Mike Evans's target share rose to 37% in week 5 (10 targets), from 22% in weeks 1-4.

Target share, week 5: 37%
Targets, week 5: 10
Target share, weeks 1–4: 22%
Targets, weeks 1–4: 24

Weeks 1–5 · 5 games

Share of team targets/carries in games he played. Snap counts aren't in FFO's licensed data, so a low earlier share can mean limited playing time.

Zay Flowers

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

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