Should I start Khalil Shakir or Xavier Worthy in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Khalil Shakir, and the board ranks him 101st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Worthy, and the board ranks him 103rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Khalil Shakir is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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 Xavier Worthy is 2.5 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 8

Through Week 8, Khalil Shakir has been on the field for 63 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, Xavier Worthy has been on the field for 82 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 2 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 41 targets have averaged 8.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against LAC he caught 7 of 7 targets for 73 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against SEA he caught 3 of 6 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DEN he caught 3 of 6 targets for 13 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 Xavier Worthy played 14 games and scored 109.9 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR59.

He caught 42 of 73 targets for 532 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 5.2 targets a game, a 58 percent catch rate and 12.7 yards a catch.

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

Khalil Shakir was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Khalil Shakir scored 10.4 PPR points a game and Xavier Worthy 7.9, 2.6 a game between them.

Khalil Shakir finished WR36 that year and Xavier Worthy WR59.

Khalil Shakir had 22 more targets than Xavier Worthy, 95 to 73.

Khalil Shakir had 187 more receiving yards than Xavier Worthy, 719 to 532.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 63 percent.

This season Khalil Shakir holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

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