Khalil Shakir or Jerry Jeudy: 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 154th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jerry Jeudy: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 157th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Khalil Shakir is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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 Jerry Jeudy is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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.

Khalil Shakir's projection 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 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, Jerry Jeudy has been on the field for 58 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against CAR he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against PIT he caught 3 of 3 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NYJ he caught 3 of 7 targets for 19 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 Jerry Jeudy played 17 games and scored 120.7 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR52.

He caught 50 of 106 targets for 602 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 47 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jerry Jeudy was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Khalil Shakir scored 10.4 PPR points a game and Jerry Jeudy 7.1, 3.3 a game between them.

Khalil Shakir finished WR36 that year and Jerry Jeudy WR52.

Jerry Jeudy had 11 more targets than Khalil Shakir, 106 to 95.

Khalil Shakir had 117 more receiving yards than Jerry Jeudy, 719 to 602.

This season Khalil Shakir holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 58 percent.

This season Khalil Shakir holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Khalil Shakir is off in Week 7 and Jerry Jeudy in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.