Start Khalil Shakir or DeMario Douglas? Week 9
Updated Nov 4, 5:06 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Khalil Shakir over DeMario Douglas
- Market projects
- 8.8
- fantasy pts
- MIN D vs WR
- 25.9
- 4th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 64%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 20%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 7.7
- recent weeks avg
- GB D vs WR
- 34.8
- 9th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 56%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 16%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop DeMario Douglas for Khalil Shakir?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Khalil Shakir projects 86 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.5 a game over 9 games), DeMario Douglas 58 (7.2 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Khalil Shakir over DeMario Douglas.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Khalil Shakir over DeMario Douglas in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Khalil Shakir at 8.8 points and DeMario Douglas at 7.7, a gap of 1.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for DeMario Douglas this week yet, so his 7.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (4.8, 8.9 and 9.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
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).
No Week 9 player market is posted for DeMario Douglas yet. His market-based projections were 4.8, 8.9 and 9.4 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 7.7, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
The market-based projection for DeMario Douglas is 0.4 touchdowns (10 market sources).
That puts Khalil Shakir 1.1 points ahead of DeMario Douglas on these 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.
DeMario Douglas and NE host GB on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
GB allowed 34.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 9th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 152 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against GB.
By points allowed to the position, DeMario Douglas has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Khalil Shakir is not on the injury report.
DeMario 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, DeMario Douglas played 56 percent of NE snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
DeMario Douglas, Week 5 against LV: 37 of 75 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 65 yards, 2 touchdowns.
DeMario Douglas, Week 6 against NYJ: 40 of 68 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.
DeMario Douglas, Week 7 against CHI: 35 of 54 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 23 yards.
DeMario Douglas, Week 8 against MIA: 39 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 76 yards, 1 touchdown.
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.
In 2025, DeMario Douglas played 17 games for NE and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.
He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 233 air yards.
He was on the field for 26 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop DeMario Douglas for Khalil Shakir?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Khalil Shakir projects 86 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.5 a game over 9 games), DeMario Douglas 58 (7.2 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Khalil Shakir over DeMario Douglas.
Should I drop Khalil Shakir for DeMario Douglas?
No. Keep Khalil Shakir: he projects 86 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.5 a game over 9 games), DeMario Douglas 58 (7.2 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Khalil Shakir over DeMario Douglas.
Week 9 on the board
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