Start Cooper Kupp or Rashid Shaheed? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Rashid Shaheed over Cooper Kupp in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Rashid Shaheed at 5.7 points and Cooper Kupp at 6.3, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Rashid Shaheed still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 131 against 186, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Rashid Shaheed this week yet, so his 5.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (6.4 and 5.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Cooper Kupp this week yet, so his 6.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (6.3 and 6.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Cooper Kupp yet. His market-based projections were 6.3 and 6.2 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 6.3, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Rashid Shaheed yet. His market-based projections were 6.4 and 5.0 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 5.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Cooper Kupp 0.6 points ahead of Rashid Shaheed on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Cooper Kupp and SEA host KC on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

KC allowed 21.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 109 yards and no touchdowns a game against KC.

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

KC allowed 21.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 109 yards and no touchdowns a game against KC.

Injury status

Cooper Kupp is not on the injury report.

Rashid Shaheed is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Cooper Kupp played 69 percent of SEA snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Cooper Kupp, Week 3 against WAS: 45 of 67 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 46 yards, 1 touchdown.

Cooper Kupp, Week 4 against LAC: 34 of 60 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 13 yards.

Cooper Kupp, Week 5 against SF: 51 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards.

Cooper Kupp, Week 6 against DEN: 72 of 85 snaps, 10 targets and 5 catches for 50 yards.

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, Cooper Kupp played 16 games for SEA and scored 117.3 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR53.

He caught 47 of 70 targets for 593 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 300 air yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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 Cooper Kupp over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Cooper Kupp over DeMario Douglas.
• Start Rashid Shaheed over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Rashid Shaheed.
• Start Rashid Shaheed over Efton Chism III.