Khalil Shakir vs. Malik Nabers: Who Should You Start in Week 8?

Start Khalil Shakir. Malik Nabers is on a bye, and Khalil Shakir is projected for 9.9 PPR points vs BAL.

Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET

Khalil Shakir vs. Malik Nabers: Week 8 side by side

Khalil Shakir
WR · BUF
Malik Nabers
WR · NYG
Projection (Week 8, avg of sources)9.9—
Floor (lowest source)9.4—
Ceiling (highest source)11.0—
StatChasers projection10.2 (WR36)—
Opponentvs BALBye
Opponent vs. position7th-softest (35.8 pts/g allowed)—
Recent usage22% target share (last 3)—
PositionWRWR
Our callFLEX · FlexSIT · No projection

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Khalil Shakir vs. Malik Nabers Week 8 Start/Sit FAQ

Should I start Khalil Shakir or Malik Nabers in Week 8?

Start Khalil Shakir. Malik Nabers is on a bye, while Khalil Shakir projects for 9.9 PPR points vs BAL.

Who has the better matchup in Week 8, Khalil Shakir or Malik Nabers?

Khalil Shakir plays BAL and Malik Nabers is on a bye in Week 8.

Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.

Does PPR scoring change Khalil Shakir vs. Malik Nabers?

These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets.

Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.

Are Khalil Shakir and Malik Nabers playing in Week 8?

Khalil Shakir has no injury designation, and Malik Nabers is on a bye.

Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.

Where do the Khalil Shakir and Malik Nabers projections come from?

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 Malik Nabers by 0.

A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.

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