Amari Cooper vs Ryan Flournoy: The Full Breakdown
Amari Cooper and Ryan Flournoy are both viable fantasy wide receivers heading into 2026, but their 2025 production tells two different stories. Amari Cooper averaged 11.2 PPG across 16 games with the Buffalo Bills, while Ryan Flournoy posted 7.2 PPG in 13 appearances for the Dallas Cowboys.
A 4.0-PPG gap gives Amari Cooper the edge on paper, but paper does not account for Thursday night matchups, weather games, or a star defender returning from injury. The real question is not who was better in 2025, but who is the better start this specific week.
Target volume is the story here. Amari Cooper saw 95 targets in 2025, while Ryan Flournoy drew 56. That workload gap usually translates into a higher weekly floor for Amari Cooper, even in weeks where Ryan Flournoy posts the bigger ceiling game. Consistency-minded managers lean toward target share; boom-bust managers chase the upside.
Amari Cooper has his bye in Week 12, and Ryan Flournoy rests in Week 14. Managers rostering both need waiver wire depth at wide receiver for those two weeks, and that is exactly the kind of planning DraftCall's matchup engine surfaces automatically so you are not scrambling on a Sunday morning.
