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Zay Flowers or DeVonta Smith?

Zay Flowers or DeVonta Smith? Both are WRs. Their 2026 through Week 8 figures are below, as of Oct 30, 2026; here is what each man's 2025 season was built on.

Zay Flowers leads on share of his team's offensive snaps, share of his team's air yards and receiving yards, and also on receiving yards per pass snap — one side of that is opportunity, the other is efficiency, and they have not historically travelled together.

DeVonta Smith leads on none of the measured inputs — Zay Flowers holds more of every one the file weighs for persistence.

Figures are verified play-by-play (nflverse); scored Half-PPR. Repeatability is measured from year-over-year persistence across 2016 to 2025, not projected. Muffed publishes no projections, draft grades or start/sit advice.

Who led the NFL in target share in 2026?

Zay Flowers

WR · Baltimore Ravens

DeVonta Smith

WR · Philadelphia Eagles

Zay Flowers vs DeVonta Smith, 2026 through Week 8

Figures as of Oct 30, 2026

Verified 2026 through Week 8 figures for Zay Flowers and DeVonta Smith, with each figure's rank in its source population
MetricZay FlowersDeVonta Smith
Half-PPR/G17.014.0
Target share26.8%18.6%
Rec yards6087th31042nd

A dash means the panel holds no qualifying figure for that player — usually too few games or attempts to clear the metric's floor, not a zero. Ranks are the source's own, against the population shown, and run through the same week as the figures. Not shown, because the panel holds no 2026 through Week 8 figure for either player: Finish, Games, Snap share, Availability, Air yards share, Yds/pass snap.

Last season (2025): what repeats

Read off the full 2025 season, not the 2026 through Week 8 table above — part of a season is too little for a persistence read.

Zay Flowers: MIXEDDeVonta Smith: UNSETTLED

Zay Flowers leads on share of his team's offensive snaps, share of his team's air yards and receiving yards, and also on receiving yards per pass snap — one side of that is opportunity, the other is efficiency, and they have not historically travelled together. DeVonta Smith leads on none of the measured inputs — Zay Flowers holds more of every one the file weighs for persistence. Of the two, DeVonta Smith's season rests on the steadier ground. That is a statement about what each man's production was built on, not a running order — and it is a description of 2025, not a forecast of 2026.

“Repeats” is measured year-over-year persistence across 2016 to 2025 — opportunity carries between seasons, scoring rate largely does not. This describes what a 2025 season was built on. It is not a forecast, and Muffed publishes no projections, draft grades or start/sit advice. How we measure it.

Settle it — hear both stories

The same verified data, told as the story of each man's season.

Zay Flowers's episode →DeVonta Smith's episode →

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Muffed, “Zay Flowers vs DeVonta Smith, 2026 through Week 8 verified comparison,” muffed.ai/compare/zay-flowers-vs-devonta-smith. Through Week 8 of the 2026 season. Data via nflverse.

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Source: Data via nflverse. Updated Oct 30, 2026. How we verify our data.

Scored Half-PPR. Repeatability is measured year-over-year persistence across 2016 to 2025 (nflverse), not a projection.

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