A.J. Brown or Khalil Shakir: Week 6 result

Our Week 6 call

Start A.J. Brown over Khalil Shakir in Week 6.

Market-based projections have A.J. Brown at 11.8 points and Khalil Shakir at 9.5, a gap of 2.3. Drafters take A.J. Brown at ADP 17 and Khalil Shakir at 103.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.8 fantasy points for A.J. Brown, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for A.J. Brown is 52 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (12, 10 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.5 fantasy points for Khalil Shakir, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Khalil Shakir is 39 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (10, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts A.J. Brown 2.3 points ahead of Khalil Shakir on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

A.J. Brown and NE host NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 28.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 129 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against NYJ.

Khalil Shakir and BUF visit LV on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LV allowed 32.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 13th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 167 yards and a touchdown a game against LV.

By points allowed to the position, Khalil Shakir has the softer matchup.

Injury status

A.J. Brown is not on the injury report.

Khalil Shakir is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 1, A.J. Brown played 44 percent of NE snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

A.J. Brown, Week 1 against SEA: 31 of 71 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 26 yards.

Through Week 5, Khalil Shakir played 64 percent of BUF snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Khalil Shakir, Week 2 against DET: 36 of 74 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 38 yards.

Khalil Shakir, Week 3 against LAC: 48 of 66 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Khalil Shakir, Week 4 against NE: 45 of 59 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 82 yards.

Khalil Shakir, Week 5 against LAR: 44 of 64 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 80 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, A.J. Brown played 15 games for PHI and scored 220.3 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing WR11.

He caught 78 of 121 targets for 1003 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 735 air yards.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

A.J. Brown, Week 17 of 2025 against BUF: 48 of 54 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 68 yards, 11.8 PPR points.

A.J. Brown, Week 16 of 2025 against WAS: 61 of 70 snaps, 12 targets and 9 catches for 95 yards, 18.5 PPR points.

In 2025, Khalil Shakir played 16 games for BUF 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 and 178 air yards.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 6 went

A.J. Brown scored 5.7 PPR points and Khalil Shakir scored 13.4.

The call was wrong: Khalil Shakir outscored A.J. Brown by 7.7.

A.J. Brown finished 6.1 points below the 11.8 the market projected.

A.J. Brown, Week 6 against NYJ: 10 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards, 5.7 PPR points.

A.J. Brown finished as the week's WR48 in PPR scoring.

Khalil Shakir finished 3.9 points above the 9.5 the market projected.

Khalil Shakir, Week 6 against LV: 6 targets and 4 catches for 34 yards, 1 touchdown, 13.4 PPR points.

Khalil Shakir finished as the week's WR24 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start A.J. Brown over Carnell Tate.
• Start A.J. Brown over Denzel Boston.
• Start A.J. Brown over Devaughn Vele.
• Start Khalil Shakir over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Khalil Shakir.
• Start Khalil Shakir over Denzel Boston.