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Should I start Rashid Shaheed or Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 3:51 PM ET.

Week 7 verdict

Start

WR · TB · at CAR

Market projects
7.2
recent weeks avg
CAR D vs WR
29.4
8th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside
Moderate
41 of 100 at WR
Sit

WR · SEA · vs KC

Market projects
6.6
fantasy pts
KC D vs WR
20.8
fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside
Limited
31 of 100 at WR
Snap share
52%
Through Week 6
Target share
14%
Through Week 6
Start Godwin or Shaheed? The full Week 7 breakdown

Start Chris Godwin Jr.: 89 percent of the snaps and 20 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Rashid Shaheed's 50 percent of the snaps and 16 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Rashid Shaheed for Chris Godwin Jr.?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Chris Godwin Jr. projects 77 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 10 games), Rashid Shaheed 58 (5.8 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Chris Godwin Jr. over Rashid Shaheed.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

WR22 · SEA · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection
6.6 pts a game

WR56 · TB · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 0-6

Market-based projection
7.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
134

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The gap

  • Board size299 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashid Shaheed, and the board ranks him 48th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 50.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Godwin Jr., and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 21; 2QB: ADP 45.

The market-based projections

Rashid Shaheed's market-based projection is 6.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 48th highest figure of the 184 players with a market-based projection.

The market has Chris Godwin Jr. at 1.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Chris Godwin Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Rashid Shaheed has been on the field for 52 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 0 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

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

In Week 5 against SF he caught 2 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DEN he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 5 of 8 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Chris Godwin Jr. has been on the field for 84 percent of TB snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 4.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 6 of 7 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 4 of 8 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Chris Godwin Jr. played 9 games and scored 83.0 PPR points, 9.2 a game, finishing WR78.

He caught 33 of 51 targets for 360 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 5.7 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 10.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 71 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rashid Shaheed was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chris Godwin Jr. scored 9.2 PPR points a game and Rashid Shaheed 8.7, 0.5 a game between them.

Rashid Shaheed finished WR39 that year and Chris Godwin Jr. WR78.

Rashid Shaheed had 41 more targets than Chris Godwin Jr., 92 to 51.

Rashid Shaheed had 327 more receiving yards than Chris Godwin Jr., 687 to 360.

This season Chris Godwin Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 84 percent against 52 percent.

This season Chris Godwin Jr. holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Rashid Shaheed is off in Week 11 and Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Chris Godwin Jr. has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Rashid Shaheed for Chris Godwin Jr.?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Chris Godwin Jr. projects 77 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 10 games), Rashid Shaheed 58 (5.8 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Chris Godwin Jr. over Rashid Shaheed.

  • Should I drop Chris Godwin Jr. for Rashid Shaheed?

    No. Keep Chris Godwin Jr.: he projects 77 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 10 games), Rashid Shaheed 58 (5.8 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Chris Godwin Jr. over Rashid Shaheed.

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