Should I start Malik Washington or Rashid Shaheed in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashid Shaheed, and the board ranks him 133rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 50.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Malik Washington 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 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.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Malik Washington has been on the field for 84 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 11.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 2 times for 3 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CIN he carried 1 time for 18 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 2 times for 8 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 27 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 Malik Washington played 17 games and scored 116.7 PPR points, 6.9 a game, finishing WR54.

He caught 46 of 65 targets for 317 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 6.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 56 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 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashid Shaheed scored 8.7 PPR points a game and Malik Washington 6.9, 1.8 a game between them.

Malik Washington finished WR54 that year and Rashid Shaheed WR39.

Rashid Shaheed had 27 more targets than Malik Washington, 92 to 65.

Rashid Shaheed had 370 more receiving yards than Malik Washington, 687 to 317.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger snap share, 84 percent against 49 percent.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Malik Washington is off in Week 6 and Rashid Shaheed in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rashid Shaheed is listed as out on the injury report.