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Start Khalil Shakir or Carnell Tate? Week 8

Updated Oct 27, 8:06 AM ET.

Start Carnell Tate over Khalil Shakir

Tate projects lower, 11.0 to 11.3, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 81 for Tate, 103 for Shakir.

Start

Carnell Tate

WR · TEN · at CIN

Market projects
11.0
recent weeks avg
CIN D vs WR
31.4
15th most to WRs (2026)
Upside
Moderate
46 of 100 at WR
Snap share
82%
Through Week 7
Target share
26%
Through Week 7
Sit

Khalil Shakir

WR · BUF · vs BAL

Market projects
11.3
recent weeks avg
BAL D vs WR
35.8
7th most to WRs (2026)
Upside
High
93 of 100 at WR
Snap share
63%
Through Week 6
Target share
20%
Through Week 6

Should I drop Khalil Shakir for Carnell Tate?

Not on these numbers alone. Khalil Shakir projects 97 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.7 a game over 10 games) and Carnell Tate 98 (10.9 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 8 the call starts Carnell Tate over Khalil Shakir.

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Our Week 8 call

Start Carnell Tate over Khalil Shakir in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Carnell Tate at 11.0 points and Khalil Shakir at 11.3, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Carnell Tate still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 81 against 103, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Carnell Tate this week yet, so his 11.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (10.4, 11.2 and 11.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Khalil Shakir this week yet, so his 11.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (11.5 and 11.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Khalil Shakir yet. His market-based projections were 11.5 and 11.1 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 11.3, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Carnell Tate yet. His market-based projections were 10.4, 11.2 and 11.4 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 11.0, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Khalil Shakir 0.3 points ahead of Carnell Tate on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Khalil Shakir and BUF host BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BAL allowed 35.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 7th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 182 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against BAL.

Carnell Tate and TEN visit CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CIN allowed 31.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 15th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 138 yards and a touchdown a game against CIN.

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

Injury status

Khalil Shakir is not on the injury report.

Carnell Tate is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 6, Khalil Shakir played 63 percent of BUF snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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

Through Week 7, Carnell Tate played 82 percent of TEN snaps, drew 26 percent of the targets, earned 45 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Carnell Tate, Week 6 against IND: 34 of 46 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 70 yards, 1 touchdown.

Carnell Tate, Week 7 against CLE: 56 of 63 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 69 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 8 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Khalil Shakir for Carnell Tate?

    Not on these numbers alone. Khalil Shakir projects 97 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.7 a game over 10 games) and Carnell Tate 98 (10.9 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 8 the call starts Carnell Tate over Khalil Shakir.

  • Should I drop Carnell Tate for Khalil Shakir?

    Not on these numbers alone. Carnell Tate projects 98 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (10.9 a game over 9 games) and Khalil Shakir 97 (9.7 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 8 the call starts Carnell Tate over Khalil Shakir.

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