Should I start Khalil Shakir or Jaleel McLaughlin in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Khalil Shakir's market-based projection is 9.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 95th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Jaleel McLaughlin's market-based projection is 9.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 97th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Khalil Shakir, and the board ranks him 95th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaleel McLaughlin, and the board ranks him 93rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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, Jaleel McLaughlin has been on the field for 10 percent of CLE snaps, taken 2 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against CAR he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 1 time for 28 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYJ he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Jaleel McLaughlin played 8 games and scored 31.4 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing RB82.

He carried 37 times for 187 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 4 of 6 targets for 27 more yards.

That came to 4.6 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 15 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Khalil Shakir was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Khalil Shakir scored 10.4 PPR points a game and Jaleel McLaughlin 3.9, 6.5 a game between them.

Khalil Shakir finished WR36 and Jaleel McLaughlin RB82, which are two different ladders.

Khalil Shakir is a wide receiver and Jaleel McLaughlin a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Khalil Shakir is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Jaleel McLaughlin.

What would change the answer

0.2 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.