Mike Evans or Khalil Shakir: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mike Evans: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 61st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Khalil Shakir: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Mike Evans at 10.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 82nd highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

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.

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, Mike Evans has been on the field for 57 percent of SF snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 13.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against ARI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 34 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against DEN he caught 5 of 8 targets for 76 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mike Evans played 8 games and scored 84.8 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing WR76.

He caught 30 of 61 targets for 368 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 7.6 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Khalil Shakir was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Mike Evans scored 10.6 PPR points a game and Khalil Shakir 10.4, 0.2 a game between them.

Mike Evans finished WR76 that year and Khalil Shakir WR36.

Khalil Shakir had 34 more targets than Mike Evans, 95 to 61.

Khalil Shakir had 351 more receiving yards than Mike Evans, 719 to 368.

This season Khalil Shakir holds the bigger snap share, 62 percent against 57 percent.

This season Mike Evans holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

Mike Evans is off in Week 8 and Khalil Shakir in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Mike Evans 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.