Khalil Shakir or Terry McLaurin: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Khalil Shakir at 11.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 77th highest figure of the 220 players the market prices.

The player markets price Terry McLaurin at 11.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 79th highest figure of the 220 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Khalil Shakir: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 63rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Khalil Shakir has been on the field for 62 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.

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

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.

Through Week 3, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 78 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against PHI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 2 of 9 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 6 of 9 targets for 77 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 Terry McLaurin played 10 games and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Khalil Shakir was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Terry McLaurin scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Khalil Shakir 10.4, 1.0 a game between them.

Khalil Shakir finished WR36 that year and Terry McLaurin WR56.

Khalil Shakir had 35 more targets than Terry McLaurin, 95 to 60.

Khalil Shakir had 137 more receiving yards than Terry McLaurin, 719 to 582.

This season Terry McLaurin holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 62 percent.

This season Terry McLaurin holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Terry McLaurin is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.2 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 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 market price when it does.