Davante Adams or Khalil Shakir: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Davante Adams at 16.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 19th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Khalil Shakir at 9.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 95th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Davante Adams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 54.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Khalil Shakir: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 144.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Davante Adams has been on the field for 59 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 16.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he caught 3 of 6 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NYG he caught 8 of 10 targets for 195 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 2, Khalil Shakir has been on the field for 51 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 9.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against HOU he caught 4 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Davante Adams played 14 games and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 13.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 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 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Davante Adams scored 15.9 PPR points a game and Khalil Shakir 10.4, 5.5 a game between them.

Davante Adams finished WR9 that year and Khalil Shakir WR36.

Davante Adams had 19 more targets than Khalil Shakir, 114 to 95.

Davante Adams had 70 more receiving yards than Khalil Shakir, 789 to 719.

This season Davante Adams holds the bigger snap share, 59 percent against 51 percent.

This season Davante Adams holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

7.0 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.