Khalil Shakir or Denver Defense: who to draft first
Both players' season price from the sportsbooks, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, with the draft market's own figures wherever it still has them.
Updated Sep 19, 2026 at 10:16 AM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and no sportsbook prices either of them this season, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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WR76 · BUF · bye 7
2025 vs rec yds line 9-7
- Overall rank
- 207
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 20
DEF7 · DEN · bye 10
- Overall rank
- 208
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 1
The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size242 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the sportsbooks' price and nothing else.
Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Khalil Shakir: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 207th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 145.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Denver Defense: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 208th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 109.
What the sportsbooks price
No sportsbook has posted a season market for Khalil Shakir, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.
No sportsbook has posted a season market for Denver Defense, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 1
Through Week 1, Khalil Shakir has been on the field for 53 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.
His 6 targets have averaged 6.5 air yards.
In Week 1 against HOU he caught 4 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.
The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Denver Defense this season.
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.
The season feed carries no line for Denver Defense in the last completed season.
Side by side
Khalil Shakir is a wide receiver and Denver Defense a defense, 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 and Denver Defense in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.
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