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Should I start Rashid Shaheed or DeMario Douglas in Week 6?

Updated Oct 19, 8:21 PM ET.

Week 6 verdict

Start DeMario Douglas over Rashid Shaheed

Right: 19.6 to 11.8
Start

WR · final

Market projected
6.2
pre-game
Upside
Moderate
50 of 100 at WR
Target share
27%
Week 6
Scored
19.6
PPR pts
Sit

WR · final

Market projected
5.3
pre-game
Upside
Limited
16 of 100 at WR
Snap share
46%
Week 6
Target share
17%
Week 6
Scored
11.8
PPR pts
Start Douglas or Shaheed? The full Week 6 breakdown

Week 6 result: the call to start DeMario Douglas over Rashid Shaheed was right. Douglas scored 19.6 PPR points to 11.8 for Shaheed.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

WR62 · SEA · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection
5.4 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
166

WR65 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-4

Market-based projection
4.8 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
175

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The gap

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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 166th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 50.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeMario Douglas, and the board ranks him 175th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

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

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

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, DeMario Douglas has been on the field for 53 percent of NE snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 10.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 4 of 5 targets for 65 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 7 of 8 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 DeMario Douglas played 17 games and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.

He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rashid Shaheed was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashid Shaheed scored 8.7 PPR points a game and DeMario Douglas 5.6, 3.1 a game between them.

Rashid Shaheed finished WR39 that year and DeMario Douglas WR65.

Rashid Shaheed had 46 more targets than DeMario Douglas, 92 to 46.

Rashid Shaheed had 240 more receiving yards than DeMario Douglas, 687 to 447.

This season DeMario Douglas holds the bigger snap share, 53 percent against 52 percent.

This season DeMario Douglas holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

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

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