Should I start DJ Moore or Khalil Shakir in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on DJ Moore, and the board ranks him 91st overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 16; 2QB: ADP 37.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for DJ Moore is 2.7 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 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, DJ Moore has been on the field for 55 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 1 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 15.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAC he caught 6 of 10 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BAL he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 4 of 7 targets for 82 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 DJ Moore played 17 games and scored 170.2 PPR points, 10.0 a game, finishing WR35.

He caught 50 of 85 targets for 682 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 13.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 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.

DJ Moore was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Khalil Shakir scored 10.4 PPR points a game and DJ Moore 10.0, 0.4 a game between them.

DJ Moore finished WR35 that year and Khalil Shakir WR36.

Khalil Shakir had 10 more targets than DJ Moore, 95 to 85.

Khalil Shakir had 37 more receiving yards than DJ Moore, 719 to 682.

This season Khalil Shakir holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 55 percent.

This season Khalil Shakir holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

DJ Moore is listed as questionable on the injury report.