Should I start Khalil Shakir or Dameon Pierce in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Khalil Shakir's market-based projection is 11.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 74th highest figure of the 193 players with a market-based projection.

Dameon Pierce's market-based projection is 10.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 80th highest figure of the 193 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Khalil Shakir, and the board ranks him 73rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dameon Pierce, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Khalil Shakir has been on the field for 64 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.

Through Week 5, Dameon Pierce has been on the field for 77 percent of PHI snaps, taken 61 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 12 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 1.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against JAX he carried 11 times for 14 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for -2 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 Dameon Pierce played 5 games and scored 3.6 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB128.

He carried 14 times for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 more yards.

That came to 2.8 carries a game at 2.6 yards a carry.

He was on the field for 8 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Khalil Shakir was available for 11 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Khalil Shakir scored 10.4 PPR points a game and Dameon Pierce 0.7, 9.7 a game between them.

Khalil Shakir finished WR36 and Dameon Pierce RB128, which are two different ladders.

Khalil Shakir is a wide receiver and Dameon Pierce a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Khalil Shakir is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Dameon Pierce.

What would change the answer

0.6 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.