Should I start Khalil Shakir or Kyle Pitts Sr. in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Khalil Shakir, and the board ranks him 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Pitts Sr., and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Khalil Shakir is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 has Kyle Pitts Sr. at 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end'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 so far

Through Week 6, Khalil Shakir has been on the field for 63 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against LV he caught 4 of 6 targets for 34 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Kyle Pitts Sr. has been on the field for 55 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.6 air yards.

In Week 7 against SF he caught 5 of 5 targets for 22 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 Kyle Pitts Sr. played 17 games and scored 210.8 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing TE2.

He caught 88 of 118 targets for 928 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 11 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Pitts Sr. was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Kyle Pitts Sr. scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Khalil Shakir 10.4, 2.0 a game between them.

Khalil Shakir finished WR36 and Kyle Pitts Sr. TE2, which are two different ladders.

Khalil Shakir is a wide receiver and Kyle Pitts Sr. a tight end, 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 Pitts Sr. in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.