Start Parker Washington or Khalil Shakir? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Khalil Shakir over Parker Washington in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Khalil Shakir at 11.2 points and Parker Washington at 13.5, a gap of 2.3.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.2 fantasy points for Khalil Shakir, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Khalil Shakir at 46.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 30% chance to score a touchdown (14, 13 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 13.5 fantasy points for Parker Washington, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Parker Washington at 60.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 39% chance to score a touchdown (17, 14 and 17 market sources).

That puts Parker Washington 2.3 points ahead of Khalil Shakir on the market projections.

Week 5 matchups

Parker Washington and JAX host PHI on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

PHI allowed 37.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 10th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 162 yards and a touchdown a game against PHI.

Injury status

Khalil Shakir is not on the injury report.

Parker Washington 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, Parker Washington played 76 percent of JAX snaps, drew 26 percent of the targets, earned 41 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Parker Washington, Week 1 against CLE: 35 of 57 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 83 yards, 1 touchdown.

Parker Washington, Week 2 against DEN: 48 of 59 snaps, 12 targets and 7 catches for 98 yards.

Parker Washington, Week 3 against NE: 50 of 62 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown.

Parker Washington, Week 4 against CIN: 49 of 61 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 7 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, Parker Washington played 16 games for JAX and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 582 air yards.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 5 went

Khalil Shakir scored 11.0 PPR points and Parker Washington scored 30.4.

The call was wrong: Parker Washington outscored Khalil Shakir by 19.4.

Khalil Shakir finished 0.2 points below the 11.2 the market projected.

Khalil Shakir, Week 5 against LAR: 3 targets and 3 catches for 80 yards, 11.0 PPR points.

Khalil Shakir finished as the week's WR32 in PPR scoring.

Parker Washington finished 16.9 points above the 13.5 the market projected.

Parker Washington, Week 5 against PHI: 59 of 72 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 124 yards, 2 touchdowns, 30.4 PPR points.

Parker Washington finished as the week's WR3 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Khalil Shakir over Carnell Tate.
• Start Christian Watson over Khalil Shakir.
• Start Khalil Shakir over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Carnell Tate over Parker Washington.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Parker Washington.
• Start Chris Olave over Parker Washington.