Sit Khalil Shakir in Week 10 if you have a real alternative — 5.3 projected points lands 4.7 under the WR starter line.
- Projection
- 5.3 pts
- WR rank
- #36
- Matchup
- at NYJ
Khalil Shakir's fantasy role in Week 10
Khalil Shakir goes into Week 10 of the 2026 season as a bench stash most leagues are holding for the BUF. He is rostered in 61% of leagues and actually started in 19% of them, and we rank him WR36 on our own weekly board at 5.3 projected points.
Interest is climbing — roster rates moved up about 1% over the last week, which usually means managers are reacting to a bigger snap or target share.
No injury designation to work around right now, which keeps his projection honest.
Week 10 matchup breakdown
The matchup: at NYJ. Our Pepper Meter heat rating for this spot is 1 out of 5, which is how we grade the combination of role, projection and opponent difficulty.
Against a typical starting WR baseline of 10 points, his 5.3-point projection is 4.7 points short. That gap is the whole start/sit argument in one number.
How to play it
Sit Khalil Shakir in Week 10 if you have a real alternative — 5.3 projected points lands 4.7 under the WR starter line.
If you are deciding between him and another WR, compare projections first, then lean on the Pepper Meter heat rating as the tiebreaker.
Sally's take
Peppers & Picks ranks Khalil Shakir (BUF WR), our WR36 this week for Week 10 of the 2026 NFL season at NYJ, projecting 5.3 projected points with a mild Pepper Meter rating. Sally wants fireworks, and 4.7 points below a typical starter isn't fireworks. 19% of managers already start him, and the depth-chart role behind that number looks stable. Nothing in the projection defends him — 47% below positional par is a bench line for me. The Pepper Meter cools him to Mild, and that reading is doing its job.
Tina's take
Peppers & Picks ranks Khalil Shakir (BUF WR), our WR36 this week for Week 10 of the 2026 NFL season at NYJ, projecting 5.3 projected points with a mild Pepper Meter rating. Tina calls it a floor problem: 4.7 points under the starter line is a lot of risk for a lineup spot. 19% of managers already start him, and the depth-chart role behind that number looks stable. The projection sits about 47% under what a startable WR returns, so I honestly can't pretend the price tag matches the output. The Pepper Meter cools him to Mild, and that reading is doing its job.