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Buffalo Bills Target Share 2026 — With 2025 Week by Week

2026 so far: Khalil Shakir leads the Buffalo Bills with 20% of the targets (32 of 160) through 6 games. Khalil Shakir led the Buffalo Bills with 19.8% of the team's targets in 2025 (95 of 479), ahead of Keon Coleman 12.3%, Dalton Kincaid 10.2%. Below, every Buffalo Bills skill player's touches week by week for 2025 — with scoring-territory touches (inside the opponent's 50) beside each number. The season's biggest role shift: Ty Johnson took over in week 15 and James Cook's workload never recovered.

2026 target share and carry share — so far

PlayerTarget shareTargetsCarry shareCarries
Khalil Shakir WR20%320%0
Dalton Kincaid TE18%290%0
Keon Coleman WR15%240%0
DJ Moore WR12%201%2
James Cook RB9%1466%117
Ty Johnson RB8%121%2
Josh Palmer WR7%110%0
Dawson Knox TE6%101%1
Ray Davis RB2%33%5
Josh Allen QB1%127%48

From the play-by-play, updated the morning after each game. 2025 below is the baseline.

2025 target share

PlayerTarget shareTargetsReceptionsCarries
Khalil Shakir WR19.8%95721
Keon Coleman WR12.3%59380
Dalton Kincaid TE10.2%49390
Dawson Knox TE10.2%49360
James Cook RB8.4%4033309
Ty Johnson RB6.9%332450
Ray Davis RB2.7%131058

Share of the team's total targets, regular season. Carries shown for context — target share counts passing-game usage only.

Touches by week (targets + carries · |inside-50 touches)

Player123456789101112131415161718
James Cook RB18|822|1522|1126|1116|817|6—19|928|1418|519|920|535|1720|1425|1718|1024|112|0
Josh Allen QB14|66|24|27|29|56|3—3|26|24|16|45|08|59|411|47|37|4—
Khalil Shakir WR9|42|24|35|210|85|0—7|18|59|63|110|44|23|35|45|27|4—
Ty Johnson RB4|23|25|31|12|23|1—4|14|33|13|25|37|55|57|33|39|515|15
Ray Davis RB2|19|51|11|02|12|2—10|50|04|20|00|09|40|01|15|42|123|14
Keon Coleman WR11|63|14|24|17|56|1—4|12|08|3——3|33|2———4|4
Dawson Knox TE2|25|4—1|02|22|1—1|11|14|23|24|04|17|44|42|25|22|1
Dalton Kincaid TE4|46|36|52|16|1——3|06|13|0———5|34|31|1—3|0

Amber cells = 18+ touch weeks. — = did not play. Inside-50 = touches in opponent territory, where game plans concentrate.

Detected role shifts

  • Ty Johnson rose from 3.8 to 8.5 touches/game starting week 15 — and James Cook fell from 21.5 to 17.2 over the same stretch.

A shift is flagged when one player gained 3+ touches/game and a teammate lost 3+ across the same split week — descriptive, not causal: injuries, trades and game script all move touches.

Methodology: computed from nflverse play-by-play; a quarter's yards are the yards gained on plays snapped in that quarter. Averages use each player's games played, not team games. Updated 2026-10-29.

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