Is Khalil Shakir playing this week?
No injury designationKhalil Shakir has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 4 game against the New England Patriots.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 1:00 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:18 PM ET against the ESPN injury report and the NFL's official weekly report (via nflverse). Injury news can change up to kickoff, so confirm with the team close to game time.
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Fantasy football · Week 4
Our own start/sit calls for every player, with a projected score, the range of likely outcomes and the reasons spelled out. Built from usage, matchup, Vegas lines and injuries. How we rank
Bench. Scored 1.6 points last game against a typical 9.2 (trending down).
Why we say bench
- Projected 7.4 points, #44 among WRs this week, 1.1 points behind #36, the last one we'd start.
- Scored 1.6 points last game against a typical 9.2 (trending down).
- Upside: BUF's offense is expected to score about 28 points, a strong scoring spot.
- Averaging 5 targets a game.
- Played 73% of the offense's snaps last game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 9.2 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~28 pts
- Vegas line
- BUF favored by 7
- Game total
- 49.5
- NE vs WRs
- 3% fewer points
- Last game snaps
- 73%
All week 4 wide receiver rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
26
Height
6'0"
Weight
190 lb
College
Boise State
Experience
4 seasons
Draft
2022 · Pick #148 (BUF)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 28.2?
Shakir's grade is low mainly because his targets produced little expected points, ranking 42nd of 62 receivers. His success rate, target share and win probability added were all near the middle of the pack and didn't move the grade much. This covers only 15 targets over 3 games, a small sample.
Holding it back
- EPA per target of +0.065 ranked 42nd of 62 receivers, which pulled the grade down.
- Week 1 at HOU, 3rd and 4: an incomplete pass to Shakir in the fourth quarter cost 1.4 expected points.
- Week 2 vs DET, 3rd and 8: another fourth-quarter incompletion to Shakir cost 1.4 expected points.
Written by StatGrades AI from this season's play-by-play through week 3. It explains what happened; a grade isn't a forecast (what grades do and don't predict).
EPA / play
0.065
Success rate
40%
WPA (sum)
0.04
Opponent adj.
0.001
Plays graded
15
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 2 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Separation | Cushion | YAC above exp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.9 | 8.3 | -1.2 |
| 2 | 4.3 | 5.7 | -0.8 |
What do these mean?
- Separation:
- Average distance from the nearest defender at the moment of the catch.
- Cushion:
- Average distance from the nearest defender at the snap.
- YAC above exp:
- Yards after catch above what the situation would be expected to produce.
- YAC / rec:
- Average yards after the catch per reception.
- Expected YAC:
- Expected yards after the catch, based on tracking data.
- Air yards share:
- Share of the team's intended air yards that were thrown toward this player.
- Intended air yds:
- Average depth of the targets thrown his way.
- Catch %:
- Receptions divided by targets.
Next Gen Stats data via nflverse (CC BY 4.0). Updated after games are final, not live, and covers QB, RB, WR and TE.