Should I start Khalil Shakir or DK Metcalf in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Khalil Shakir, and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DK Metcalf, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Khalil Shakir's market-based projection is 11.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 35th highest figure of the 79 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for DK Metcalf, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

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, DK Metcalf has been on the field for 95 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 13.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 31 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 5 of 9 targets for 115 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against IND he carried 1 time for 11 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 12 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 DK Metcalf played 15 games and scored 187.2 PPR points, 12.5 a game, finishing WR26.

He caught 59 of 99 targets for 850 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Khalil Shakir was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 DK Metcalf scored 12.5 PPR points a game and Khalil Shakir 10.4, 2.1 a game between them.

Khalil Shakir finished WR36 that year and DK Metcalf WR26.

DK Metcalf had 4 more targets than Khalil Shakir, 99 to 95.

DK Metcalf had 131 more receiving yards than Khalil Shakir, 850 to 719.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger snap share, 95 percent against 64 percent.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Khalil Shakir is off in Week 7 and DK Metcalf in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

DK Metcalf has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.