Fourth & Inches

2026 regular · wk 4 · half ppr · 64 games lined

WR

Khalil Shakir

BUF

WR55 · overall #123 · tier 9 · age 26

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Projected points

116

7.9/gm

Value over replacement

7

repl 119

Range

71–160

sd 45

Week

6.5

vs NE

Why this ranking

hand-set 2026-08-22

Market-matching call, 22 Aug: cut from WR42 to WR51, level with ADP 51 and Sleeper 52. Expanded 3 Sep. 115.9 over 13.7 games is 8.46/g against his own 6.98 half-PPR/g -- ABOVE it, not below. Sleeper projects 135.2, above. Markets now ADP 50, ECR 47, consensus 47, Underdog 56. Lands WR45, six ranks AHEAD of the stated WR51 -- the board moved up under a cut. Worth 2.5 points of projection, so it is left rather than re-priced, but the direction is the one to watch: a cut that no longer cuts. BASIS CORRECTED 3 SEP. The comparison above originally quoted `obs_ppr_pg`, which is FULL PPR, against a projection the board computes in HALF PPR. Every such figure in this file has been replaced with the player's own half-PPR rate, measured from nflverse weekly data over his whole career. Receptions are the whole difference, so the error scaled with target volume and was largest for receivers. AND IT REVERSED THIS ROW'S CLAIM: on the correct basis the projection is at or ABOVE his own rate, not below it. The row's argument is unaffected -- it rested on the market anchors and the stated rank -- but the supporting sentence said the opposite of the truth.

This is a view, not a correction — the model said something different and was overruled. See how it works.

Projected usage

opportunity, before efficiency

Targets / game
5.4
Carries / game
0.1
Receptions / game
3.7
Rec yards / game
46
Rush yards / game
0
Rush TD / game
0.00
Rec TD / game
0.24
Total TD / game
0.24
Games projected
14.6
Observed pts/gm (history)
10.0
Games of history
57
Age multiplier
1.009
Usage carryover
1.00

Team context

what scales this projection

Neutral sec / play
34.7
Projected plays / game
61.1
Projected pass rate
55%
OL run block
+1.32
OL pass protection
+1.30
OL continuity
78%
2TE rate
28%
3WR rate
65%
1st-down pass rate
40%
Run friendly
+0.97
Scheme creativity
+0.23
Play action / motion
21% / 57%

Situation

ambiguity widens the projection range

Label
committee
Ambiguity score
75
Effective contributors
4.79
Top player's share
35%
New play-caller
no
Variance multiplier
1.85

Trade window

schedule-driven buy / sell timing

Action
sell high
Window weeks
4-6
Window opponents
NE,LA,LV
Window matchup
+0.72
Opponents after
BAL,MIN
After matchup
-0.41
Flip edge
+1.13
Buy basis
recent form
Bye week
7
Playoff schedule (15-17)
+0.44

2025 game log

full season · Half PPR

Games

16

Points

130.4

Per game

8.15

17-gm pace

139

Best / worst

17.8 / 0.2

Pace extrapolates the selected weeks over 17 games. It is what that stretch was worth, not a projection — no availability, matchup or regression adjustment is applied.

WkPtsRankTgtRecRe YdsRe TDAttRu Yds
19.4WR299664000
21.7WR1032112000
312.5WR224445100
415.4WR155569100
58.0WR469645015
64.8WR505333000
817.8WR57688100
97.8WR408743000
109.3WR319758000
110.2WR10631-3000
1213.0WR17108110000
131.0WR98415000
148.6WR303216100
159.0WR345565000
165.4WR575434000
176.5WR427635000