Should I trade Denzel Boston for Khalil Shakir?

It is close to even: Denzel Boston is 15 and Khalil Shakir is 8 on rest-of-season value, inside the 8 points the values cannot separate. Take the one who starts for you.

Who has more rest-of-season value, Denzel Boston or Khalil Shakir?

Denzel Boston, 15 to 8. He rates 10.5 market points a game over 11 games left, against 9.8 over 11 for Khalil Shakir, each measured above a replacement starter at his own position.

How are these trade values calculated?

Each player's points per game is the median of the market-based PPR points we froze before each week's first kickoff, Weeks 3, 4, 5. A replacement starter's rate is subtracted and the rest is multiplied by his games from Week 6 to Week 17, bye taken out. No expert opinion is involved.

Trade Denzel Boston for Khalil Shakir? Close to even, 15 to 8.

Close to even. On rest-of-season value Denzel Boston is 15 and Khalil Shakir is 8, a 7 point edge to Boston that sits inside the 8 points these values cannot separate. Take the one your lineup is short of. Boston rates 10.5 market points a game with 11 games left, Shakir 9.8 with 11. On usage, Boston has drawn 19 percent of CLE targets; Shakir has drawn 21 percent of BUF targets. Boston hosts BAL in Week 6 (7th most points allowed to WRs); Shakir is at LV in Week 6 (6th fewest points allowed to WRs). Neither carries an injury designation this week.

The verdict, Week 5

Close to even.

Denzel Boston 158 Khalil Shakir

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Denzel Boston

WR27CLE

value, #66

Pts/game: 10.5
Games left: 11
Bye: 11

Denzel Boston weekly market-based points
Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5
10.5	8.1	10.5

Khalil Shakir

WR30BUF

value, #74

Pts/game: 9.8
Games left: 11
Bye: 7

Khalil Shakir weekly market-based points
Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5
9.8	9.5	10.7

Where the values come from

Boston is the 27th receiver on the chart and 66th overall. His 10.5 a game is 1.4 above the replacement receiver's 9.1, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 11, which is how he comes to 15.

Shakir is the 30th receiver on the chart and 74th overall. His 9.8 a game is 0.7 above the replacement receiver's 9.1, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 7, which is how he comes to 8.

The weekly market prices

The market priced Denzel Boston at 10.5 in Week 3, 8.1 in Week 4 and 10.5 in Week 5, a median of 10.5 points a game, flat across them.

The market priced Khalil Shakir at 9.8 in Week 3, 9.5 in Week 4 and 10.7 in Week 5, a median of 9.8 points a game, up 0.8 from his first frozen week to his latest.

Points so far against the price

Denzel Boston has scored 69.0 PPR points in 5 games, 13.8 a game, 3.3 a game more than the 10.5 the market prices him at from here.

Week 1 vs JAX: 13.9 points (WR24 that week), 2 of 4 targets for 59 yards, 1 touchdown, 92 percent of snaps.

Week 2 vs TB: 20.5 points (WR12 that week), 5 of 7 targets for 95 yards, 1 touchdown, 93 percent of snaps.

Week 3 vs CAR: 8.1 points (WR52 that week), 2 of 4 targets for 41 yards, 89 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs PIT: 12.9 points (WR30 that week), 4 of 7 targets for 89 yards, 95 percent of snaps.

Week 5 vs NYJ: 13.6 points (WR20 that week), 3 of 7 targets for 46 yards, 1 touchdown.

Khalil Shakir has scored 30.6 PPR points in 4 games, 7.7 a game, 2.2 a game less than the 9.8 the market prices him at from here.

Last season he finished WR36 with 166.4 PPR points in 16 games, 10.4 a game.

Week 1 vs HOU: 9.0 points (WR41 that week), 4 of 6 targets for 50 yards, 53 percent of snaps.

Week 2 vs DET: 6.8 points (WR54 that week), 3 of 6 targets for 38 yards, 49 percent of snaps.

Week 3 vs LAC: 1.6 points (WR110 that week), 1 of 3 targets for 6 yards, 73 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs NE: 13.2 points (WR29 that week), 7 of 8 targets for 82 yards, 76 percent of snaps.

Usage a game this season

Through Week 4, Denzel Boston has averaged 5.5 targets and 3.3 catches for 71 yards a game on 92 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 3 times inside the 20, 11 percent of his team's chances there, and has scored 2 touchdowns in 4 games.

In Week 4 against PIT he had 7 targets on 95 percent of the snaps.

Through Week 4, Khalil Shakir has averaged 5.8 targets and 3.8 catches for 42 yards a game on 62 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 5 times inside the 20, 13 percent of his team's chances there, and has not scored in 4 games.

In Week 4 against NE he had 8 targets on 76 percent of the snaps.

Schedule and next matchup

A trade made now buys Week 6 through Week 17. Denzel Boston has 11 games in it with his bye in Week 11; Khalil Shakir has 11 games with his bye in Week 7.

BAL, Boston's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 37.9 PPR points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 7th most to WRs of 32.

LV, Shakir's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 26.9 PPR points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 6th fewest to WRs of 32.

The full Week 5 trade value chart

Common questions

Should I trade Denzel Boston for Khalil Shakir?
It is close to even: Denzel Boston is 15 and Khalil Shakir is 8 on rest-of-season value, inside the 8 points the values cannot separate. Take the one who starts for you.
Who has more rest-of-season value, Denzel Boston or Khalil Shakir?
Denzel Boston, 15 to 8. He rates 10.5 market points a game over 11 games left, against 9.8 over 11 for Khalil Shakir, each measured above a replacement starter at his own position.
How are these trade values calculated?
Each player's points per game is the median of the market-based PPR points we froze before each week's first kickoff, Weeks 3, 4, 5. A replacement starter's rate is subtracted and the rest is multiplied by his games from Week 6 to Week 17, bye taken out. No expert opinion is involved.

By the Parlae deskValues updated Oct 12, 2026 at 9:06 AM ETHow this is built Report a wrong number