Khalil Shakir or Emeka Egbuka: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Khalil Shakir: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Emeka Egbuka: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 135th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Khalil Shakir at 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Emeka Egbuka at 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Khalil Shakir has been on the field for 62 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, Emeka Egbuka has been on the field for 85 percent of TB snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 2 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 10.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against MIN he caught 5 of 9 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 6 of 9 targets for 38 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 Emeka Egbuka played 17 games and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 7.5 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Emeka Egbuka was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka scored 11.5 PPR points a game and Khalil Shakir 10.4, 1.1 a game between them.

Khalil Shakir finished WR36 that year and Emeka Egbuka WR23.

Emeka Egbuka had 32 more targets than Khalil Shakir, 127 to 95.

Emeka Egbuka had 219 more receiving yards than Khalil Shakir, 938 to 719.

This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 62 percent.

This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Khalil Shakir is off in Week 7 and Emeka Egbuka in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.