Should I start Khalil Shakir or DeMario Douglas in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Khalil Shakir, and the board ranks him 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeMario Douglas, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Khalil Shakir is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. 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 DeMario Douglas is 2.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, 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 8 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 1 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 5.5 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against BAL he caught 5 of 6 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, DeMario Douglas has been on the field for 56 percent of NE snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 7 of 8 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 76 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 DeMario Douglas played 17 games and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.

He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeMario Douglas was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Khalil Shakir scored 10.4 PPR points a game and DeMario Douglas 5.6, 4.8 a game between them.

Khalil Shakir finished WR36 that year and DeMario Douglas WR65.

Khalil Shakir had 49 more targets than DeMario Douglas, 95 to 46.

Khalil Shakir had 272 more receiving yards than DeMario Douglas, 719 to 447.

This season Khalil Shakir holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 56 percent.

This season Khalil Shakir holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

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