Khalil Shakir or Keenan Allen: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Khalil Shakir: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 62nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keenan Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

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.

The player markets price Keenan Allen at 6.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 122nd highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

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

This season so far

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.

Through Week 3, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 64 percent of IND snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 20 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 6.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he caught 6 of 6 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against KC he caught 1 of 5 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against HOU he caught 6 of 9 targets for 63 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 Keenan Allen played 17 games and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.

He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Keenan Allen was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Keenan Allen scored 10.7 PPR points a game and Khalil Shakir 10.4, 0.3 a game between them.

Khalil Shakir finished WR36 that year and Keenan Allen WR29.

Keenan Allen had 27 more targets than Khalil Shakir, 122 to 95.

Keenan Allen had 58 more receiving yards than Khalil Shakir, 777 to 719.

This season Keenan Allen holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 62 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 21 percent each.

Byes and availability

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

Keenan Allen is listed as questionable on the injury report.

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.