Start Caleb Douglas or Khalil Shakir? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Khalil Shakir over Caleb Douglas in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Khalil Shakir at 8.8 points and Caleb Douglas at 8.3, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Drafters take Khalil Shakir at ADP 103 and Caleb Douglas at 215.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.9 fantasy points for Khalil Shakir, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Khalil Shakir is 37 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (6, 6 and 8 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.3 fantasy points for Caleb Douglas, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Caleb Douglas is 39 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (12, 11 and 12 market sources).

That puts Khalil Shakir 0.5 points ahead of Caleb Douglas on the market projections.

Week 9 matchups

Khalil Shakir and BUF visit MIN on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

MIN allowed 25.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 123 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against MIN.

Caleb Douglas and MIA host DET on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DET allowed 37.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 176 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against DET.

By points allowed to the position, Caleb Douglas has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Khalil Shakir is not on the injury report.

Caleb Douglas is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Khalil Shakir played 64 percent of BUF snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Khalil Shakir, Week 6 against LV: 41 of 68 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 34 yards, 1 touchdown.

Khalil Shakir, Week 8 against BAL: 55 of 82 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 64 yards.

Through Week 8, Caleb Douglas played 82 percent of MIA snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 28 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Caleb Douglas, Week 1 against LV: 51 of 56 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 94 yards.

Caleb Douglas, Week 2 against SF: 51 of 59 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Caleb Douglas, Week 7 against NYJ: 44 of 65 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 70 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Caleb Douglas, Week 8 against NE: 56 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 43 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Khalil Shakir.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Khalil Shakir.
• Start Khalil Shakir over Darius Cooper.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Caleb Douglas.
• Start Caleb Douglas over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Caleb Douglas.