Should I start Rashid Shaheed or Mark Andrews in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 50.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mark Andrews, and the board ranks him 149th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Rashid Shaheed is 1.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

Mark Andrews's market-based projection is 5.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 92nd highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based 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, Mark Andrews has been on the field for 64 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 2 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 41 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 1 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BUF he caught 3 of 4 targets for 14 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 Mark Andrews played 17 games and scored 131.0 PPR points, 7.7 a game, finishing TE16.

He caught 48 of 70 targets for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.1 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 62 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 Mark Andrews 7.7, 1.0 a game between them.

Rashid Shaheed finished WR39 and Mark Andrews TE16, which are two different ladders.

Rashid Shaheed is a wide receiver and Mark Andrews a tight end, 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 Mark Andrews in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rashid Shaheed is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Rashid Shaheed has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.