Should I start Cooper Kupp or Rashid Shaheed in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cooper Kupp, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashid Shaheed, and the board ranks him 149th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 50.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Cooper Kupp is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

The market-based projection for Rashid Shaheed is 1.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

Cooper Kupp's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Cooper Kupp has been on the field for 68 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 70 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against DEN he caught 5 of 10 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against KC he caught 2 of 2 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CHI he caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Rashid Shaheed has been on the field for 49 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 62 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against KC he caught 2 of 3 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Cooper Kupp played 16 games and scored 117.3 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR53.

He caught 47 of 70 targets for 593 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 12.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 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 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashid Shaheed scored 8.7 PPR points a game and Cooper Kupp 7.3, 1.4 a game between them.

Cooper Kupp finished WR53 that year and Rashid Shaheed WR39.

Rashid Shaheed had 22 more targets than Cooper Kupp, 92 to 70.

Rashid Shaheed had 94 more receiving yards than Cooper Kupp, 687 to 593.

This season Cooper Kupp holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 49 percent.

This season Rashid Shaheed holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Rashid Shaheed is listed as out on the injury report.