Cam Ward or Rashid Shaheed: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cam Ward: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 164th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 43.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashid Shaheed: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 169th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 50.

What the player markets price

No season market is posted for Cam Ward, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The player markets price Rashid Shaheed at 5.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 58th highest figure of the 79 players the market prices.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Cam Ward has been on the field for 100 percent of TEN snaps, dropped back 135 times and thrown 6.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 17 of 135 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.

In Week 2 against PHI he completed 13 of 20 passes for 183 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 7 yards.

In Week 3 against NYG he completed 23 of 36 passes for 181 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 2 yards.

In Week 4 against BAL he completed 20 of 31 passes for 222 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 27 yards.

Through Week 4, Rashid Shaheed has been on the field for 56 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against ARI he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against WAS he caught 2 of 3 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAC he carried 2 times for 33 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 20 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Cam Ward played 17 games and scored 193.7 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing QB22.

He threw for 3169 yards on 540 attempts with 15 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 159 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 31.8 attempts a game at 5.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 100 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Rashid Shaheed played 18 games and scored 156.6 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing WR39.

He caught 59 of 92 targets for 687 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rashid Shaheed was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Cam Ward scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Rashid Shaheed 8.7, 2.7 a game between them.

Cam Ward finished QB22 and Rashid Shaheed WR39, which are two different ladders.

Cam Ward is a quarterback and Rashid Shaheed a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Cam Ward is off in Week 9 and Rashid Shaheed in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Cam Ward has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.