Start Rashid Shaheed or Calvin Ridley? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Rashid Shaheed over Calvin Ridley in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Rashid Shaheed at 5.1 points and Calvin Ridley at 3.8, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 5.1 fantasy points for Rashid Shaheed, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Rashid Shaheed at 22.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 20% chance to score a touchdown (9, 13 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.8 fantasy points for Calvin Ridley, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Calvin Ridley at 15.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 12% chance to score a touchdown (4, 5 and 6 market sources).

That puts Rashid Shaheed 1.3 points ahead of Calvin Ridley on the market projections.

Injury status

Rashid Shaheed is not on the injury report.

Calvin Ridley is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Rashid Shaheed played 54 percent of SEA snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 21 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Rashid Shaheed, Week 2 against ARI: 39 of 70 snaps, 1 carry for 4 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 35 yards.

Rashid Shaheed, Week 3 against WAS: 31 of 67 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Rashid Shaheed, Week 4 against LAC: 36 of 60 snaps, 2 carries for 33 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 20 yards, 1 touchdown.

Rashid Shaheed, Week 5 against SF: 29 of 63 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 23 yards.

Through Week 5, Calvin Ridley played 52 percent of TEN snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Calvin Ridley, Week 2 against PHI: 33 of 53 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards.

Calvin Ridley, Week 3 against NYG: 20 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Calvin Ridley, Week 4 against BAL: 30 of 64 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 13 yards.

Calvin Ridley, Week 5 against HOU: 35 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 33 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Rashid Shaheed played 18 games for SEA 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 and 510 air yards.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Calvin Ridley played 7 games for TEN and scored 47.3 PPR points, 6.8 a game, finishing WR116.

He caught 17 of 36 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 219 air yards.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Rashid Shaheed over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Cooper Kupp over Rashid Shaheed.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Rashid Shaheed.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Calvin Ridley.