Jacoby Brissett or Khalil Shakir: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacoby Brissett: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 47.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Khalil Shakir: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jacoby Brissett at 17.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 17th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The market has Khalil Shakir at 9.7 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is 70 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 4

Through Week 4, Jacoby Brissett has been on the field for 100 percent of ARI snaps, dropped back 162 times and thrown 6.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 23 of 162 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 2 against SEA he completed 17 of 28 passes for 95 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 7 yards.

In Week 3 against SF he completed 38 of 51 passes for 280 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 4 yards.

In Week 4 against NYG he completed 21 of 35 passes for 166 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 3 interceptions and ran 4 times for 18 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jacoby Brissett played 14 games and scored 235.4 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB16.

He threw for 3366 yards on 485 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 168 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 34.6 attempts a game at 6.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 70 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 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jacoby Brissett scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Khalil Shakir 10.4, 6.4 a game between them.

Jacoby Brissett finished QB16 and Khalil Shakir WR36, which are two different ladders.

Jacoby Brissett is a quarterback and Khalil Shakir a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jacoby Brissett is off in Week 14 and Khalil Shakir in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Khalil Shakir is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.