Should I start Rashod Bateman or Rashid Shaheed in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashod Bateman, and the board ranks him 129th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashid Shaheed, and the board ranks him 131st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 50.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Rashod Bateman 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.

The market-based projection for Rashid Shaheed is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 4 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 9, Rashod Bateman has been on the field for 70 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 72 third down targets, had 1 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 49 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 13.2 air yards.

In Week 7 against CIN he caught 2 of 4 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BUF he caught 1 of 3 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against JAX he caught 1 of 2 targets for 6 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 Rashod Bateman played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing WR102.

He caught 19 of 38 targets for 224 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.9 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 69 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 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashid Shaheed scored 8.7 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 4.4 a game between them.

Rashod Bateman finished WR102 that year and Rashid Shaheed WR39.

Rashid Shaheed had 54 more targets than Rashod Bateman, 92 to 38.

Rashid Shaheed had 463 more receiving yards than Rashod Bateman, 687 to 224.

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 49 percent.

This season Rashid Shaheed holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Rashid Shaheed is listed as out on the injury report.