Ollie Gordon or Khalil Shakir: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ollie Gordon: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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.

What the player markets price

The market has Ollie Gordon at 10.7 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 11 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Khalil Shakir at 9.7 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 13 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.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Ollie Gordon has been on the field for 43 percent of MIA snaps, taken 30 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 26 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 3.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against SF he carried 3 times for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against KC he carried 17 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 14 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 9 times for 100 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Ollie Gordon played 17 games and scored 54.1 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB68.

He carried 70 times for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 4.1 carries a game at 2.8 yards a carry and 0.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 22 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.

Ollie Gordon was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Khalil Shakir scored 10.4 PPR points a game and Ollie Gordon 3.2, 7.2 a game between them.

Ollie Gordon finished RB68 and Khalil Shakir WR36, which are two different ladders.

Ollie Gordon is a running back and Khalil Shakir a wide receiver, 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. No bye is listed for Ollie Gordon.