Should I start Garrett Wilson or Khalil Shakir in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Garrett Wilson, and the board ranks him 90th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Garrett Wilson is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Garrett Wilson has been on the field for 90 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 51 targets have averaged 9.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against CLE he caught 7 of 11 targets for 104 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIA he caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Khalil Shakir has been on the field for 63 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against LV he caught 4 of 6 targets for 34 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Garrett Wilson played 7 games and scored 99.5 PPR points, 14.2 a game, finishing WR62.

He caught 36 of 59 targets for 395 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 89 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.

Khalil Shakir was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Garrett Wilson scored 14.2 PPR points a game and Khalil Shakir 10.4, 3.8 a game between them.

Garrett Wilson finished WR62 that year and Khalil Shakir WR36.

Khalil Shakir had 36 more targets than Garrett Wilson, 95 to 59.

Khalil Shakir had 324 more receiving yards than Garrett Wilson, 719 to 395.

This season Garrett Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 63 percent.

This season Garrett Wilson holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Garrett Wilson is off in Week 13 and Khalil Shakir in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.