Should I start Rashid Shaheed or Keenan Allen in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashid Shaheed, and the board ranks him 135th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 50.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keenan Allen, and the board ranks him 138th 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 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.

The market-based projection for Keenan Allen 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.

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

This season through Week 7

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 7, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 60 percent of IND snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 43 targets have averaged 7.4 air yards.

In Week 5 against PIT he caught 5 of 9 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TEN he caught 8 of 11 targets for 82 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIN he caught 3 of 3 targets for 31 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 Keenan Allen played 17 games and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.

He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rashid Shaheed was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Keenan Allen scored 10.7 PPR points a game and Rashid Shaheed 8.7, 2.0 a game between them.

Rashid Shaheed finished WR39 that year and Keenan Allen WR29.

Keenan Allen had 30 more targets than Rashid Shaheed, 122 to 92.

Keenan Allen had 90 more receiving yards than Rashid Shaheed, 777 to 687.

This season Keenan Allen holds the bigger snap share, 60 percent against 49 percent.

This season Keenan Allen holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Rashid Shaheed is off in Week 11 and Keenan Allen in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rashid Shaheed is listed as out on the injury report.