Should I start Rashid Shaheed or Jeremy McNichols in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 50.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jeremy McNichols, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Rashid Shaheed is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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 Jeremy McNichols is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

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, Jeremy McNichols has been on the field for 19 percent of WAS snaps, taken 24 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 1.0 air yards.

In Week 6 against SF he carried 5 times for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against PHI he carried 5 times for 21 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 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 Jeremy McNichols played 17 games and scored 72.7 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB58.

He carried 44 times for 221 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 25 of 31 targets for 196 more yards.

That came to 2.6 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 1-2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 33 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rashid Shaheed was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rashid Shaheed scored 8.7 PPR points a game and Jeremy McNichols 4.3, 4.4 a game between them.

Rashid Shaheed finished WR39 and Jeremy McNichols RB58, which are two different ladders.

Rashid Shaheed is a wide receiver and Jeremy McNichols a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Rashid Shaheed is off in Week 11 and Jeremy McNichols in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rashid Shaheed is listed as out on the injury report.

Jeremy McNichols is listed as ir on the injury report.