Khalil Shakir or Kyle Monangai: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Khalil Shakir at 10.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 84th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

The player markets price Kyle Monangai at 10.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 94th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Khalil Shakir: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 57th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Monangai: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 79th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

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 4, Kyle Monangai has been on the field for 41 percent of CHI snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 6 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he carried 10 times for 47 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 10 times for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 30 times for 146 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Kyle Monangai played 17 games and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.

He carried 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Monangai was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Khalil Shakir scored 10.4 PPR points a game and Kyle Monangai 8.6, 1.8 a game between them.

Khalil Shakir finished WR36 and Kyle Monangai RB30, which are two different ladders.

Khalil Shakir is a wide receiver and Kyle Monangai 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 and Kyle Monangai in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Kyle Monangai is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.7 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 the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.