Should I start Rashee Rice or Khalil Shakir in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashee Rice, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Khalil Shakir, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Rashee Rice is 2.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Khalil Shakir is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Rashee Rice's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 64 percent of KC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 7.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 4 of 6 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 7 of 9 targets for 88 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LV he was not given the ball.

Through Week 6, Khalil Shakir has been on the field for 63 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against LV he caught 4 of 6 targets for 34 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Rashee Rice played 8 games and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 73 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 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Khalil Shakir 10.4, 8.4 a game between them.

Rashee Rice finished WR40 that year and Khalil Shakir WR36.

Khalil Shakir had 17 more targets than Rashee Rice, 95 to 78.

Khalil Shakir had 148 more receiving yards than Rashee Rice, 719 to 571.

This season Rashee Rice holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 63 percent.

This season Khalil Shakir holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Rashee Rice is off in Week 5 and Khalil Shakir in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rashee Rice is listed as out on the injury report.