Two players, one answer.
Bryce Young vs Khalil Shakir
This week
Start Bryce Young · 17.9 to 9.3 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
About even (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Bryce Young by 40% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 82% held up in 2025
Start Bryce Young
On Sleeper's projections, Bryce Young is projected 8.6 points ahead of Khalil Shakir. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 82% of the time.
QB · CAR
Bryce Young
— final · points pending · 17.9 projected
@ GB · Thu 8:15 PM ET
20 a game this season · last 3: 21.5, 19.8, 7.4
WR · BUF
Khalil Shakir
9.3 projected
vs BAL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
9.2 a game this season · last 3: 13.2, 11, 13.4
- Bryce Young's game has already kicked off, so most platforms have locked him in or out for this week.
What the call rests on
- Bryce Young: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 7:50 AM ET
- Khalil Shakir: Sleeper's projection, last changed Fri, Oct 30, 7:50 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Fri, Oct 30, 7:54 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Fri, Oct 30, 7:54 AM ET, with the projections (hourly). A fresh projection time doesn't mean every status is: game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, can come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Young | Shakir |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 17.9 | 9.3 |
| Half PPR | 17.9 | 7.4 |
| Standard | 17.9 | 5.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Bryce Young plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Khalil Shakir's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with PPR settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.