Christian Watson or Khalil Shakir: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Christian Watson at 13.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 56th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

The player markets price Khalil Shakir at 11.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 78th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Christian Watson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 38th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Khalil Shakir: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 61st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Christian Watson has been on the field for 79 percent of GB snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 3 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against NYJ he caught 4 of 11 targets for 41 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against ATL he caught 7 of 10 targets for 96 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against TB he caught 3 of 3 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Khalil Shakir has been on the field for 62 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against DET he caught 3 of 6 targets for 38 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Christian Watson played 10 games and scored 132.4 PPR points, 13.2 a game, finishing WR46.

He caught 35 of 55 targets for 611 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 5.5 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 17.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 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 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Christian Watson scored 13.2 PPR points a game and Khalil Shakir 10.4, 2.8 a game between them.

Christian Watson finished WR46 that year and Khalil Shakir WR36.

Khalil Shakir had 40 more targets than Christian Watson, 95 to 55.

Khalil Shakir had 108 more receiving yards than Christian Watson, 719 to 611.

This season Christian Watson holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 62 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 21 percent each.

Byes and availability

Christian Watson is off in Week 11 and Khalil Shakir in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.8 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 the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.