Start Devaughn Vele or Khalil Shakir? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Khalil Shakir over Devaughn Vele in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Khalil Shakir at 10.8 points and Devaughn Vele at 10.4, 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

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).

Player markets imply 10.5 fantasy points for Devaughn Vele, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Devaughn Vele is 44 receiving yards and 4-5 receptions, with a 24% chance to score a touchdown (12, 9 and 13 market sources).

That puts Khalil Shakir 0.4 points ahead of Devaughn Vele on these projections.

Injury status

Khalil Shakir is not on the injury report.

Devaughn Vele is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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.

Through Week 5, Devaughn Vele played 91 percent of NO snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 22 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Devaughn Vele, Week 2 against BAL: 65 of 68 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 64 yards.

Devaughn Vele, Week 3 against LV: 65 of 74 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 39 yards.

Devaughn Vele, Week 4 against ATL: 66 of 74 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 54 yards, 1 touchdown.

Devaughn Vele, Week 5 against MIN: 43 of 45 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 26 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.

In 2025, Devaughn Vele played 13 games for NO and scored 66.3 PPR points, 5.1 a game, finishing WR95.

He caught 25 of 39 targets for 293 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 259 air yards.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

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