Khalil Shakir or Malik Washington: 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 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 71st 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 market has Malik Washington at 9.5 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 3 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.

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

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, Malik Washington has been on the field for 86 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against SF he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against KC he carried 2 times for 5 yards, caught 5 of 10 targets for 56 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 2 times for 3 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 67 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 Malik Washington played 17 games and scored 116.7 PPR points, 6.9 a game, finishing WR54.

He caught 46 of 65 targets for 317 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 6.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 56 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Malik Washington was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Khalil Shakir scored 10.4 PPR points a game and Malik Washington 6.9, 3.5 a game between them.

Khalil Shakir finished WR36 that year and Malik Washington WR54.

Khalil Shakir had 30 more targets than Malik Washington, 95 to 65.

Khalil Shakir had 402 more receiving yards than Malik Washington, 719 to 317.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 62 percent.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

Khalil Shakir is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Malik Washington.