Start Jakobi Meyers or Khalil Shakir? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Khalil Shakir over Jakobi Meyers in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Khalil Shakir at 9.6 points and Jakobi Meyers at 8.6, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Jakobi Meyers this week yet, so his 8.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (9.0 and 8.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Khalil Shakir at ADP 103 and Jakobi Meyers at 91.

What the market projects

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 39 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (7, 5 and 8 market sources).

No Week 8 player market is posted for Jakobi Meyers yet. His market-based projections were 9.0 and 8.3 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 8.6, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Khalil Shakir 0.9 points ahead of Jakobi Meyers 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.

Jakobi Meyers and JAX host IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 29.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 142 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against IND.

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

Injury status

Khalil Shakir is not on the injury report.

Jakobi Meyers 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 6, Jakobi Meyers played 80 percent of JAX snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 20 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 5 against PHI: 61 of 72 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 37 yards.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 6 against HOU: 53 of 71 snaps, 10 targets and 5 catches for 83 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 8 calls

• Start A.J. Brown over Khalil Shakir.
• Start Carnell Tate over Khalil Shakir.
• Start Khalil Shakir over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Jakobi Meyers over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Jakobi Meyers.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Jakobi Meyers.