Should I start Khalil Shakir or Roman Wilson in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Khalil Shakir: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 192nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Roman Wilson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 196th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Khalil Shakir is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. 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 Roman Wilson is 1.8 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.

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

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, Roman Wilson has been on the field for 48 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 15.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 3 of 6 targets for 60 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 3 of 6 targets for 74 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against IND he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

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 Roman Wilson played 13 games and scored 38.6 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR122.

He caught 12 of 21 targets for 166 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 57 percent catch rate and 13.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 31 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 Roman Wilson 3.0, 7.4 a game between them.

Khalil Shakir finished WR36 that year and Roman Wilson WR122.

Khalil Shakir had 74 more targets than Roman Wilson, 95 to 21.

Khalil Shakir had 553 more receiving yards than Roman Wilson, 719 to 166.

This season Khalil Shakir holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 48 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Khalil Shakir is off in Week 7 and Roman Wilson in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Roman Wilson is listed as out on the injury report.