Should I start Khalil Shakir or Lamar Jackson in Week 9?
Updated Nov 4, 9:11 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
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Start Khalil Shakir: 65 percent of the snaps and 19 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Lamar Jackson's 55 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Khalil Shakir for Lamar Jackson?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Lamar Jackson projects 123 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.4 a game over 8 games), Khalil Shakir 86 (9.5 a game over 9 games). Lamar Jackson is listed out.
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
WR33 · BUF · bye 7
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- Market-based projection
- 8.9 pts a game
QB6 · BAL · bye 13
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- Market-based projection
- 19.2 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 69
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Khalil Shakir, and the board ranks him 68th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Lamar Jackson, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 3.
The market-based projections
Khalil Shakir's market-based projection is 8.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 85th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.
No season market is posted for Lamar Jackson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, 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 8 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 1 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 27 two minute targets.
His 38 targets have averaged 5.5 air yards.
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.
In Week 8 against BAL he caught 5 of 6 targets for 64 yards and did not score.
Through Week 8, Lamar Jackson has been on the field for 73 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 112 times and thrown 10.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 112 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.
In Week 3 against DAL he completed 15 of 20 passes for 186 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 50 yards.
In Week 4 against TEN he completed 15 of 20 passes for 222 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 20 yards.
In Week 8 against BUF he completed 0 of 1 pass for 0 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
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 Lamar Jackson played 13 games and scored 221.9 PPR points, 17.1 a game, finishing QB20.
He threw for 2549 yards on 302 attempts with 21 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 349 yards and 2 touchdowns.
That came to 23.2 attempts a game at 8.4 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 92 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Khalil Shakir was available for 3 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 Lamar Jackson scored 17.1 PPR points a game and Khalil Shakir 10.4, 6.7 a game between them.
Khalil Shakir finished WR36 and Lamar Jackson QB20, which are two different ladders.
Khalil Shakir is a wide receiver and Lamar Jackson a quarterback, 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 Lamar Jackson in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.
Lamar Jackson is listed as out on the injury report.
What would change the answer
Lamar Jackson has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Khalil Shakir for Lamar Jackson?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Lamar Jackson projects 123 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.4 a game over 8 games), Khalil Shakir 86 (9.5 a game over 9 games). Lamar Jackson is listed out.
Should I drop Lamar Jackson for Khalil Shakir?
No. Keep Lamar Jackson: he projects 123 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.4 a game over 8 games), Khalil Shakir 86 (9.5 a game over 9 games). Lamar Jackson is listed out.
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