Start Khalil Shakir or Jakobi Meyers? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Khalil Shakir over Jakobi Meyers in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Khalil Shakir at 9.7 points and Jakobi Meyers at 9.4, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Khalil Shakir's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Market coverage on Khalil Shakir is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.7 fantasy points for Khalil Shakir, with 70 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market gives Khalil Shakir a 28% chance to score a touchdown (14 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.4 fantasy points for Jakobi Meyers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Jakobi Meyers at 41.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 25% chance to score a touchdown (13, 12 and 13 market sources).

That puts Khalil Shakir 0.3 points ahead of Jakobi Meyers on the market projections.

Injury status

Khalil Shakir is not on the injury report.

Jakobi Meyers is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Khalil Shakir played 62 percent of BUF snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Khalil Shakir, Week 1 against HOU: 31 of 58 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 40 yards.

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.

Through Week 4, Jakobi Meyers played 79 percent of JAX snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 17 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 1 against CLE: 37 of 57 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 2 against DEN: 53 of 59 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 28 yards.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 3 against NE: 50 of 62 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 64 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 4 against CIN: 50 of 61 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 33 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, Jakobi Meyers played 16 games for JAX and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 553 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

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• Start Denzel Boston over Khalil Shakir.
• Start Jakobi Meyers over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Jakobi Meyers.
• Start Christian Watson over Jakobi Meyers.