Start Khalil Shakir. Shakir is projected for 9.9 PPR points vs 9.3 for DeMario Douglas, and faces the 7th-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Khalil Shakir WR · BUF | DeMario Douglas WR · NE | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 9.4 | 8.2 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 11.0 | 10.6 |
| StatChasers projection | 10.2 (WR36) | 8.2 (WR49) |
| Opponent | vs BAL | vs MIA |
| Opponent vs. position | 7th-softest (35.8 pts/g allowed) | 3rd-toughest (23.8 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 22% target share (last 3) | 19% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | FLEX · Flex | SIT · Bench |
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Start Khalil Shakir. Shakir projects for 9.9 PPR points vs BAL, against 9.3 for DeMario Douglas vs MIA: a 0.6-point edge.
The projection is the average of every source that carries each player this week, and a player listed Out or Doubtful is never the start.
Khalil Shakir is projected to score more: 9.9 PPR points to 9.3 for DeMario Douglas.
The sources range from 9.4 to 11.0 for Shakir and from 8.2 to 10.6 for Douglas. The ranges overlap, so Douglas outscoring Shakir is a realistic result.
Khalil Shakir is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Shakir at 9.4 PPR points, against 8.2 for DeMario Douglas.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Khalil Shakir has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Shakir at 11.0 PPR points, against 10.6 for DeMario Douglas.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Khalil Shakir plays BAL and DeMario Douglas plays MIA in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Shakir faces the 7th-softest defense against WRs and Douglas faces the 3rd-toughest defense against WRs, so Khalil Shakir has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Khalil Shakir has drawn 22% of his team's targets, and DeMario Douglas 19% of his team's targets.
Khalil Shakir has the bigger role, and volume is the steadiest thing a projection rests on.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Khalil Shakir.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Khalil Shakir nor DeMario Douglas has an injury designation for Week 8.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Khalil Shakir is projected by 5 of them and DeMario Douglas by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.