Liam Murphy purposely selected Khalil Shakir once he had drafted Josh Allen, emphasizing that drafters should "be breaking ties really throughout the draft toward your stack, especially late." Shakir provides cheap exposure to Buffalo’s high-octane passing game and raises the ceiling of an Allen roster through correlated spike weeks while keeping roster construction flexible elsewhere. Murphy’s takeaway: in the double-stack era of DraftKings best ball, snagging low-cost ancillary Bills like Shakir materially boosts playoff and finals upside.

Liam Murphy emphasized breaking late-round ties toward your stack and used Khalil Shakir as the example. After grabbing Josh Allen early to stay ahead of QB inflation, Murphy happily scoops Shakir in the double-digit rounds instead of forcing pricier Bills. Shakir logged an 83 % route rate over Buffalo’s final six games and produced 2.17 yards per route in that span, showing the slot job is his. In a full-PPR environment those short-area targets can spike, and pairing them with Allen offers correlated upside in Week 17 playoff pods while freeing earlier picks for other positions.

Pete Overzet chose Khalil Shakir over rookie Ricky Pearsall, explaining that Shakir’s every-down slot role in Buffalo offers the stable weekly target floor he wants in April Eliminator drafts. Shakir saw his route participation jump to 78 percent after Week 12 last season and finished top-15 in yards per target (11.9), metrics Pete believes will translate into 6-to-8-point base weeks even without touchdowns. By contrast, Pearsall sits at least fourth in the 49ers’ target pecking order behind Aiyuk, Deebo, McCaffrey and Kittle, meaning his weekly usability is far more volatile. Pete is happy to revisit Pearsall later in the summer if camp buzz elevates his role, but for now he is stockpiling the safer Bills receiver while the market views them similarly.