Should I start Brock Bowers or Khalil Shakir in Week 10?

The market-based projections

Brock Bowers's market-based projection is 13.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 46th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Khalil Shakir's market-based projection is 9.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 72nd highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brock Bowers, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 17; 2QB: ADP 32.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Khalil Shakir, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Brock Bowers has been on the field for 85 percent of LV snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 26 of the offence's 67 third down targets, had 2 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 36 two minute targets.

His 69 targets have averaged 9.9 air yards.

In Week 7 against LAR he caught 6 of 8 targets for 73 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against NYJ he caught 7 of 10 targets for 92 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 9 against SF he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 7 of 8 targets for 111 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Khalil Shakir has been on the field for 64 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 27 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.

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

In Week 8 against BAL he caught 5 of 6 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against MIN he caught 4 of 4 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Brock Bowers played 12 games and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.

He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 10.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Khalil Shakir was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Brock Bowers scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Khalil Shakir 10.4, 4.3 a game between them.

Brock Bowers finished TE11 and Khalil Shakir WR36, which are two different ladders.

Brock Bowers is a tight end and Khalil Shakir a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Brock Bowers is off in Week 13 and Khalil Shakir in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

3.6 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.