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

Buffalo Bills WR Khalil Shakir will take on the team with last season's 20th-ranked passing defense, the Detroit Lions (217.4 yards conceded per game), in Week 2 -- beginning at 8:15 p.m. ET on Thursday.

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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: 6.3
• PPR Projected Fantasy Points: 8.4
• Projected Receiving Yards: 46.06
• Projected Receiving TDs: 0.30

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Shakir 2025 Fantasy Performance

• Ranked 42nd at his position and 161st overall, Shakir picked up 94.4 fantasy points (5.9 per game) last season.
• Shakir picked up 50 yards receiving, on four catches (six targets), with zero touchdowns and 5.0 fantasy points in his one game so far this year.
• In Week 8 last season versus the Carolina Panthers, Shakir posted a season-high 14.8 fantasy points, with these numbers: six receptions, 88 yards and one touchdown.
• In Week 4 against the New Orleans Saints, Shakir picked up 12.9 fantasy points, with these numbers: five receptions, 69 yards and one touchdown. That was his second-best showing of the season.
• In what was his worst game of the year, Shakir finished with -0.3 fantasy points -- one reception, -3 yards, on three targets. That was in Week 11 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
• In his second-worst game of the season, 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

• Last season, Detroit allowed only three quarterbacks to register over 300 passing yards in a game.
• The Lions surrendered at least one passing TD to 15 opposing QBs last season.
• 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.
• Through the air, Detroit gave up more than 100 receiving yards to six players last season.
• Against the Lions last season, 25 players caught a TD pass.
• Detroit gave up at least two receiving touchdowns through the air to six players last season.
• On the ground, one player put up more than 100 rushing yards in a game against the Lions last season.
• Against Detroit last season, 14 players rushed for at least one TD.
• The Lions allowed at least two rushing TDs on the ground to just two players last year.

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