Start Christian Kirk or Rashid Shaheed? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Christian Kirk over Rashid Shaheed in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Christian Kirk at 6.7 points and Rashid Shaheed at 6.4, a gap of 0.3. 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 6.7 fantasy points for Christian Kirk, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Christian Kirk is 27 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (11, 12 and 11 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.4 fantasy points for Rashid Shaheed, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Rashid Shaheed is 25 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (12, 12 and 12 market sources).

That puts Christian Kirk 0.3 points ahead of Rashid Shaheed on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Christian Kirk and SF visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 37.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 6th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 180 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against ATL.

Rashid Shaheed and SEA host KC on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

KC allowed 20.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 112 yards and no touchdowns a game against KC.

By points allowed to the position, Christian Kirk has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Christian Kirk is not on the injury report.

Rashid Shaheed is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Rashid Shaheed played 52 percent of SEA snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 23 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Rashid Shaheed, Week 6 against DEN: 39 of 85 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 8 targets and 5 catches for 66 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Christian Kirk played 13 games for HOU and scored 57.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR100.

He caught 28 of 52 targets for 239 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets and 124 air yards.

He was on the field for 48 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Christian Kirk, Week 18 of 2025 against IND: 2 targets and 1 catch for -3 yards, 0.7 PPR points.

Christian Kirk, Week 17 of 2025 against LAC: 29 of 65 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 1 yards, 2.1 PPR points.

Christian Kirk, Week 16 of 2025 against LV: 40 of 65 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 37 yards, 6.7 PPR points.

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.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Adonai Mitchell over Christian Kirk.
• Start Christian Kirk over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Christian Kirk over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Rashid Shaheed over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Rashid Shaheed over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Rashid Shaheed.