{"id":262574,"date":"2025-08-05T02:21:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T02:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/262574\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T02:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T02:21:10","slug":"bills-wr-khalil-shakir-to-miss-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/262574\/","title":{"rendered":"Bills WR Khalil Shakir To Miss Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bills wide receiver Khalil Shakir<\/a> is expected to miss four to five weeks due to a high ankle sprain suffered last Friday, according to CBS Sports\u2019 Matt Zenitz<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Head coach\u00a0Sean McDermott<\/a> said on Sunday (via ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter<\/a>) that Shakir was considered \u201cweek to week.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fourth-year wideout stepped up after the departure of Stefon Diggs<\/a> last offseason, leading Buffalo with 76 receptions and 821 receiving yards in 2024 and earning himself a four-year, $53MM extension this offseason.<\/p>\n

With little more than five weeks until the Bills\u2019 regular season debut against the Ravens, Shakir\u2019s recovery will have to go smoothly for him to play in Week 1. He was the Bills\u2019 most active pass-catcher in both matchups vs. Baltimore last season. He caught 10 of his 12 targets for 129 across the two contests, the latter of which was a playoff win that sent Buffalo to the AFC Championship Game.<\/p>\n

The Bills have a number of options to fill Shakir\u2019s role in the slot during his absence. Veteran Curtis Samuel<\/a> will likely be the next man up after rotating into the slot in Buffalo last year, and offseason signings Elijah Moore<\/a> and Josh Palmer<\/a> bring some experience there as well.<\/p>\n

The Bills could also roll out more two tight end formations with Dalton Kincaid<\/a> or Dawson Knox<\/a> split into the slot. Still, Shakir\u2019s injury doesn\u2019t seem so significant that it will require major adjustments to Buffalo\u2019s offense this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bills wide receiver Khalil Shakir is expected to miss four to five weeks due to a high ankle…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2048],"tags":[215,214,53,2086,7,7468,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-262574","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-buffalo-bills","8":"tag-bills","9":"tag-buffalo","10":"tag-buffalo-bills","11":"tag-buffalobills","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-khalil-shakir","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114973775593724311","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}