Should I start Khalil Shakir or Pat Freiermuth in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Khalil Shakir's market-based projection is 9.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 96th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Pat Freiermuth's market-based projection is 8.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 103rd highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Khalil Shakir, and the board ranks him 96th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pat Freiermuth, and the board ranks him 97th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, 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 7 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 1 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 6.5 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against LAR he caught 3 of 3 targets for 80 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Pat Freiermuth has been on the field for 69 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 2 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 8.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against CIN he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against IND he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 5 of 7 targets for 44 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Pat Freiermuth played 17 games and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.

He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Pat Freiermuth was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Khalil Shakir scored 10.4 PPR points a game and Pat Freiermuth 6.7, 3.7 a game between them.

Khalil Shakir finished WR36 and Pat Freiermuth TE25, which are two different ladders.

Khalil Shakir is a wide receiver and Pat Freiermuth 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 Pat Freiermuth in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.1 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.