Rashid Shaheed or Kenny Gainwell: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Rashid Shaheed at 6.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 137th highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

The player markets price Kenny Gainwell at 6.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 145th highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashid Shaheed: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 136th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 142.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kenny Gainwell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 135th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 135.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Rashid Shaheed has been on the field for 60 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 9.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against NE he caught 1 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against ARI he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Kenny Gainwell has been on the field for 40 percent of TB snaps, taken 16 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 2 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against CIN he carried 5 times for 15 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against CLE he carried 2 times for 10 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 5 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 Kenny Gainwell played 17 games and scored 222.3 PPR points, 13.1 a game, finishing RB16.

He carried 114 times for 537 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 73 of 85 targets for 486 more yards.

That came to 6.7 carries a game at 4.7 yards a carry and 4.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rashid Shaheed was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Kenny Gainwell scored 13.1 PPR points a game and Rashid Shaheed 8.7, 4.4 a game between them.

Rashid Shaheed finished WR39 and Kenny Gainwell RB16, which are two different ladders.

Rashid Shaheed is a wide receiver and Kenny Gainwell 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 Kenny Gainwell in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.9 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.