Start Carnell Tate or Khalil Shakir? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Carnell Tate over Khalil Shakir in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Carnell Tate at 11.2 points and Khalil Shakir at 10.8, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Khalil Shakir this week yet, so his 10.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (9.7, 11.2 and 11.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.2 fantasy points for Carnell Tate, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Carnell Tate is 52 receiving yards and 4-5 receptions, with a 23% chance to score a touchdown (8, 8 and 10 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Khalil Shakir yet. His market-based projections were 9.7, 11.2 and 11.5 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 10.8, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Khalil Shakir a 29% chance to score a touchdown (13 market sources).

That puts Carnell Tate 0.4 points ahead of Khalil Shakir on these projections.

Injury status

Carnell Tate is not on the injury report.

Khalil Shakir is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Carnell Tate played 82 percent of TEN snaps, drew 26 percent of the targets, earned 46 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Carnell Tate, Week 2 against PHI: 40 of 53 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards.

Carnell Tate, Week 3 against NYG: 53 of 60 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 58 yards.

Carnell Tate, Week 4 against BAL: 54 of 64 snaps, 12 targets and 9 catches for 145 yards.

Carnell Tate, Week 5 against HOU: 48 of 63 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 6 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, 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 6 calls

• Start Chris Olave over Carnell Tate.
• Start Christian Watson over Carnell Tate.
• Start Carnell Tate over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Khalil Shakir over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Denzel Boston over Khalil Shakir.
• Start Khalil Shakir over Devaughn Vele.