Khalil Shakir or Zay Flowers: who should I start 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 79th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Zay Flowers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Khalil Shakir at 3.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Zay Flowers at 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Khalil Shakir's price 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 62 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, Zay Flowers has been on the field for 55 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 8.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against DAL he carried 1 time for 20 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 84 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TEN he caught 8 of 10 targets for 118 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against ATL he carried 1 time for 13 yards, caught 8 of 9 targets for 53 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 Zay Flowers played 17 games and scored 243.3 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing WR7.

He caught 86 of 118 targets for 1211 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 14.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Zay Flowers was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Zay Flowers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Khalil Shakir 10.4, 3.9 a game between them.

Khalil Shakir finished WR36 that year and Zay Flowers WR7.

Zay Flowers had 23 more targets than Khalil Shakir, 118 to 95.

Zay Flowers had 492 more receiving yards than Khalil Shakir, 1211 to 719.

This season Khalil Shakir holds the bigger snap share, 62 percent against 55 percent.

This season Zay Flowers holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

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