Khalil Shakir Fantasy Football Week 2: Stats and Projections vs. Lions

Buffalo Bills wideout Khalil Shakir will be up against the team with last year's 20th-ranked pass defense, the Detroit Lions (217.4 yards allowed per game), in Week 2 -- beginning at 8:15 p.m. ET on Thursday.

Thinking about Shakir for your daily fantasy roster, with his next game against the Lions? We've got stats and information for you below.

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Khalil Shakir Week 2 Fantasy Football Projection

• Matchup: Buffalo Bills vs. Detroit Lions
• Game Date: September 17, 2026
• Game Time: 8:15 p.m.
• Projected Fantasy Points: 9.4
• PPR Projected Fantasy Points: 12.4
• Projected Receiving Yards: 68.18
• Projected Receiving TDs: 0.44

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Shakir 2025 Fantasy Performance

• With 94.4 fantasy points (5.9 per game) in 2025, Shakir ranked 161st in the NFL and 42nd at his position.
• Shakir accumulated 5.0 fantasy points in his one game so far this year. He had 50 yards receiving, on four catches (six targets), and zero touchdowns.
• Shakir picked up 14.8 fantasy points -- six catches, 88 yards and one touchdown -- in Week 8 versus the Carolina Panthers, which was his best game last year.
• In Week 4 against the New Orleans Saints, Shakir posted 12.9 fantasy points (his second-highest total last season), with this stat line: five receptions, 69 yards and one touchdown.
• Shakir picked up -0.3 fantasy points -- one catch, -3 yards, on three targets -- in Week 11 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which was his poorest game of the year.
• In his second-worst game of the year, Shakir ended up with 0.5 fantasy points -- one reception, five yards, on four targets -- in Week 13 against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Lions Defensive Performance

• Detroit gave up over 300 passing yards to just three QBs last season.
• Last season, the Lions allowed 15 QBs to throw at least one TD pass in a game.
• Against Detroit last season, 11 players threw for two or more touchdowns in a game.
• Versus the Lions last year, four players threw for at least three touchdowns in a game.
• Against Detroit last season, six players put up more than 100 receiving yards in a game.
• The Lions allowed 25 players to secure a TD pass against them last season.
• Against Detroit last year, six players hauled in more than one touchdown pass in a game.
• In terms of run defense, the Lions allowed only one player to pick up more than 100 rushing yards in a game last season.
• In terms of run defense, Detroit gave up at least one rushing touchdown to 14 players last season.
• The Lions gave up at least two rushing TDs on the ground to only two players last season.

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