Should I start Dontayvion Wicks or Rashid Shaheed in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dontayvion Wicks, and the board ranks him 130th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashid Shaheed, and the board ranks him 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 50.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Dontayvion Wicks is 1.7 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.

The market-based projection for Rashid Shaheed is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Dontayvion Wicks has been on the field for 79 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 13.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 5 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against JAX he caught 5 of 8 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 2 of 4 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

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 Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.

He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 47 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 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashid Shaheed scored 8.7 PPR points a game and Dontayvion Wicks 5.4, 3.3 a game between them.

Dontayvion Wicks finished WR83 that year and Rashid Shaheed WR39.

Rashid Shaheed had 46 more targets than Dontayvion Wicks, 92 to 46.

Rashid Shaheed had 355 more receiving yards than Dontayvion Wicks, 687 to 332.

This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 49 percent.

This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Dontayvion Wicks is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Rashid Shaheed is listed as questionable on the injury report.