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Should I start Rashid Shaheed or Sione Vaki in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 8:11 PM ET.

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  • : Sione Vaki: Listed Questionable (Ankle) (Sleeper injury feed)
  • : Rashid Shaheed: Questionable to Out (Knee) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Rashid Shaheed: 41 percent of the snaps and 15 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Sione Vaki's 24 percent of the snaps and 16 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Sione Vaki for Rashid Shaheed?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Rashid Shaheed projects 37 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (5.3 a game over 7 games), Sione Vaki 16 (2.0 a game over 8 games). Rashid Shaheed is listed out.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 50.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Rashid Shaheed is 1.4 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 Sione Vaki is 3.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a 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 9, Sione Vaki has been on the field for 25 percent of DET snaps, taken 13 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 67 third down targets, had 0 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against GB he carried 1 time for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIN he carried 11 times for 65 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against MIA he carried 3 times for 14 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 7 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 Sione Vaki played 11 games and scored 0.4 PPR points, 0.0 a game, finishing RB143.

He carried 1 time for 4 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 more yards.

That came to 0.1 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry.

He was on the field for 0 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rashid Shaheed was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rashid Shaheed scored 8.7 PPR points a game and Sione Vaki 0.0, 8.7 a game between them.

Rashid Shaheed finished WR39 and Sione Vaki RB143, which are two different ladders.

Rashid Shaheed is a wide receiver and Sione Vaki 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. No bye is listed for Sione Vaki.

Rashid Shaheed is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Sione Vaki for Rashid Shaheed?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Rashid Shaheed projects 37 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (5.3 a game over 7 games), Sione Vaki 16 (2.0 a game over 8 games). Rashid Shaheed is listed out.

  • Should I drop Rashid Shaheed for Sione Vaki?

    No. Keep Rashid Shaheed: he projects 37 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (5.3 a game over 7 games), Sione Vaki 16 (2.0 a game over 8 games). Rashid Shaheed is listed out.

Should I drop Sione Vaki?

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