Khalil Shakir or Dontayvion Wicks: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Khalil Shakir at 11.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 79th highest figure of the 213 players the market prices.

The player markets price Dontayvion Wicks at 9.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 103rd highest figure of the 213 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Khalil Shakir: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 62nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dontayvion Wicks: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 92nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Khalil Shakir has been on the field for 62 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.

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

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.

Through Week 4, Dontayvion Wicks has been on the field for 81 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against TEN he caught 5 of 6 targets for 74 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CHI he caught 2 of 5 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 5 targets for 18 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 Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.

He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Khalil Shakir was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Khalil Shakir scored 10.4 PPR points a game and Dontayvion Wicks 5.4, 5.0 a game between them.

Khalil Shakir finished WR36 that year and Dontayvion Wicks WR83.

Khalil Shakir had 49 more targets than Dontayvion Wicks, 95 to 46.

Khalil Shakir had 387 more receiving yards than Dontayvion Wicks, 719 to 332.

This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 62 percent.

This season Khalil Shakir holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

Khalil Shakir is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Dontayvion Wicks.

What would change the answer

1.6 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.