Khalil Shakir or Rashod Bateman: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Khalil Shakir at 10.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 88th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Rashod Bateman at 10.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 89th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Khalil Shakir: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 68th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 144.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashod Bateman: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 174.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Khalil Shakir has been on the field for 51 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 9.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against HOU he caught 4 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DET he caught 3 of 6 targets for 38 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Rashod Bateman has been on the field for 85 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 14.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against IND he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NO he caught 7 of 9 targets for 88 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Rashod Bateman played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing WR102.

He caught 19 of 38 targets for 224 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.9 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 69 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Khalil Shakir was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Khalil Shakir scored 10.4 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 6.1 a game between them.

Khalil Shakir finished WR36 that year and Rashod Bateman WR102.

Khalil Shakir had 57 more targets than Rashod Bateman, 95 to 38.

Khalil Shakir had 495 more receiving yards than Rashod Bateman, 719 to 224.

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 51 percent.

This season Khalil Shakir holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

Khalil Shakir is off in Week 7 and Rashod Bateman in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

The books have them level, so the first line either book moves is the whole answer.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.