Should I start Khalil Shakir or Ryan Flournoy in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Khalil Shakir's market-based projection is 9.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 85th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Ryan Flournoy's market-based projection is 8.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 5 market sources. That is the 87th highest figure of the 219 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 66th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ryan Flournoy, and the board ranks him 68th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, 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 8 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 1 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 5.5 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against BAL he caught 5 of 6 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Ryan Flournoy has been on the field for 74 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 1 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 12 of its 50 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 7.1 air yards.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 7 of 9 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 4 of 4 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against ARI he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 38 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 Ryan Flournoy played 16 games and scored 114.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR57.

He caught 40 of 56 targets for 475 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3-4 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Khalil Shakir scored 10.4 PPR points a game and Ryan Flournoy 7.1, 3.3 a game between them.

Khalil Shakir finished WR36 that year and Ryan Flournoy WR57.

Khalil Shakir had 39 more targets than Ryan Flournoy, 95 to 56.

Khalil Shakir had 244 more receiving yards than Ryan Flournoy, 719 to 475.

This season Ryan Flournoy holds the bigger snap share, 74 percent against 64 percent.

This season Khalil Shakir holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Khalil Shakir is off in Week 7 and Ryan Flournoy in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.1 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.