Should I start Michael Pittman Jr. or Rashid Shaheed in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashid Shaheed, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 50.

The market-based projections

The market has Michael Pittman Jr. at 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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 Rashid Shaheed is 1.4 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.

Michael Pittman Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Michael Pittman Jr. has been on the field for 78 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 9.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 3 of 3 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 2 of 5 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 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 Michael Pittman Jr. played 17 games and scored 202.4 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR18.

He caught 80 of 111 targets for 784 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6-7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 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 Michael Pittman Jr. scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Rashid Shaheed 8.7, 3.2 a game between them.

Michael Pittman Jr. finished WR18 that year and Rashid Shaheed WR39.

Michael Pittman Jr. had 19 more targets than Rashid Shaheed, 111 to 92.

Michael Pittman Jr. had 97 more receiving yards than Rashid Shaheed, 784 to 687.

This season Michael Pittman Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 49 percent.

This season Rashid Shaheed holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Michael Pittman Jr. is off in Week 9 and Rashid Shaheed in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Michael Pittman Jr. is listed as ir on the injury report.

Rashid Shaheed is listed as out on the injury report.