Should I start Rashid Shaheed or Jalen Royals in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashid Shaheed, and the board ranks him 232nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 50.

Our board does not carry Jalen Royals at all right now: live drafts have stopped taking him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

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 Jalen Royals, 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 so far

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.

Through Week 8, Jalen Royals has been on the field for 46 percent of KC snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 2 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 5.6 air yards.

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

In Week 7 against SEA he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DEN he caught 1 of 1 target for 4 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 Jalen Royals played 7 games and scored 2.4 PPR points, 0.3 a game.

He caught 2 of 3 targets for 4 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 0.4 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 2.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 9 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rashid Shaheed was available for 11 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashid Shaheed scored 8.7 PPR points a game and Jalen Royals 0.3, 8.4 a game between them.

Rashid Shaheed had 89 more targets than Jalen Royals, 92 to 3.

Rashid Shaheed had 683 more receiving yards than Jalen Royals, 687 to 4.

This season Rashid Shaheed holds the bigger snap share, 49 percent against 46 percent.

This season Rashid Shaheed holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Rashid Shaheed is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Jalen Royals.

Rashid Shaheed is listed as out on the injury report.