Start Deebo Samuel Sr. or Khalil Shakir? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Khalil Shakir over Deebo Samuel Sr. in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Khalil Shakir at 9.6 points and Deebo Samuel Sr. at 9.9, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Khalil Shakir still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 103 against 118, and that outweighs a gap this size.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.9 fantasy points for Deebo Samuel Sr., with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Deebo Samuel Sr. is 39 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (4, 5 and 7 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.6 fantasy points for Khalil Shakir, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Khalil Shakir is 41 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (14, 11 and 14 market sources).

That puts Deebo Samuel Sr. 0.2 points ahead of Khalil Shakir on the market projections.

Week 10 matchups

Deebo Samuel Sr. and SF visit DAL on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DAL allowed 35.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 7th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 164 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL.

Khalil Shakir and BUF visit NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 28.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 121 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against NYJ.

By points allowed to the position, Deebo Samuel Sr. has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Khalil Shakir is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Khalil Shakir played 62 percent of BUF snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Khalil Shakir, Week 9 against MIN: 42 of 80 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 53 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Deebo Samuel Sr. played 16 games for WAS and scored 188.2 PPR points, 11.8 a game, finishing WR25.

He caught 72 of 99 targets for 727 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 261 air yards.

He was on the field for 72 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Deebo Samuel Sr., Week 18 of 2025 against PHI: 2 carries for 1 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards, 4.1 PPR points.

Deebo Samuel Sr., Week 17 of 2025 against DAL: 36 of 44 snaps, 2 carries for 25 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 68 yards, 11.3 PPR points.

Deebo Samuel Sr., Week 16 of 2025 against PHI: 44 of 54 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 35 yards, 6.5 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.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Caleb Douglas.
• Start Carnell Tate over Deebo Samuel Sr..
• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over DeMario Douglas.
• Start Khalil Shakir over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Khalil Shakir over Caleb Douglas.
• Start Khalil Shakir over Cooper Kupp.