Chris Olave or Khalil Shakir: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Olave: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 9th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Khalil Shakir: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 82nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Chris Olave at 17.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 12th highest figure of the 131 players the market prices.

The market has Khalil Shakir at 3.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Khalil Shakir's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Chris Olave has been on the field for 86 percent of NO snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 54 targets have averaged 13.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against LV he caught 9 of 13 targets for 107 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ATL he caught 8 of 12 targets for 116 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Khalil Shakir has been on the field for 62 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 1 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 6.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chris Olave played 16 games and scored 269.0 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR6.

He caught 100 of 156 targets for 1163 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 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.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Chris Olave scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Khalil Shakir 10.4, 6.4 a game between them.

Chris Olave finished WR6 that year and Khalil Shakir WR36.

Chris Olave had 61 more targets than Khalil Shakir, 156 to 95.

Chris Olave had 444 more receiving yards than Khalil Shakir, 1163 to 719.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 62 percent.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Chris Olave is off in Week 8 and Khalil Shakir in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Khalil Shakir is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.