Should I start Khalil Shakir or Brian Thomas Jr. in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Khalil Shakir, and the board ranks him 244th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brian Thomas Jr., and the board ranks him 247th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Khalil Shakir, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Brian Thomas Jr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Khalil Shakir has been on the field for 63 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against NE he caught 7 of 8 targets for 82 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAR he caught 3 of 3 targets for 80 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LV he caught 4 of 6 targets for 34 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Brian Thomas Jr. has been on the field for 43 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 0 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Khalil Shakir played 16 games and scored 166.4 PPR points, 10.4 a game, finishing WR36.

He caught 72 of 95 targets for 719 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Brian Thomas Jr. played 14 games and scored 138.8 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing WR42.

He caught 48 of 91 targets for 707 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 6-7 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 14.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Khalil Shakir was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Khalil Shakir scored 10.4 PPR points a game and Brian Thomas Jr. 9.9, 0.5 a game between them.

Khalil Shakir finished WR36 that year and Brian Thomas Jr. WR42.

Khalil Shakir had 4 more targets than Brian Thomas Jr., 95 to 91.

Khalil Shakir had 12 more receiving yards than Brian Thomas Jr., 719 to 707.

This season Khalil Shakir holds the bigger snap share, 63 percent against 43 percent.

This season Khalil Shakir holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.