Should I start Chris Godwin Jr. or Khalil Shakir in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Godwin Jr., and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 21; 2QB: ADP 45.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Khalil Shakir, and the board ranks him 81st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Chris Godwin Jr. at 2.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Khalil Shakir is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Chris Godwin Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Chris Godwin Jr. has been on the field for 73 percent of TB snaps, drawn 45 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 4 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 1.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against CAR he caught 4 of 5 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chris Godwin Jr. played 9 games and scored 83.0 PPR points, 9.2 a game, finishing WR78.

He caught 33 of 51 targets for 360 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 5.7 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 10.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 71 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 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Khalil Shakir scored 10.4 PPR points a game and Chris Godwin Jr. 9.2, 1.2 a game between them.

Chris Godwin Jr. finished WR78 that year and Khalil Shakir WR36.

Khalil Shakir had 44 more targets than Chris Godwin Jr., 95 to 51.

Khalil Shakir had 359 more receiving yards than Chris Godwin Jr., 719 to 360.

This season Chris Godwin Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 73 percent against 63 percent.

This season Chris Godwin Jr. holds the bigger target share, 45 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Chris Godwin Jr. is off in Week 10 and Khalil Shakir in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.