Start Rashid Shaheed or Darius Cooper? Week 8

Updated Oct 29, 1:06 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.

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Oct 25, 11:13 PM ET: Rashid Shaheed: Questionable to Out (Knee) (Sleeper injury feed)
Oct 25, 10:43 PM ET: Rashid Shaheed: Listed Questionable (Knee) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Darius Cooper over Rashid Shaheed

Start

Darius Cooper

WR · PHI · at WAS

Market projects: 7.4; recent weeks avg
WAS D vs WR: 35.9; 6th most to WRs (2026)
Upside: Limited; 37 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 59%; Through Week 7
Target share: 8%; Through Week 7

Sit

Rashid Shaheed

WR · SEA · vs CHI · Questionable

Market projects: 5.5; recent weeks avg
CHI D vs WR: 29.2; 10th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside: Limited; 34 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 49%; Through Week 7
Target share: 14%; Through Week 7

Should I drop Darius Cooper for Rashid Shaheed?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Rashid Shaheed projects 52 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (5.8 a game over 9 games), Darius Cooper 11 (1.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Darius Cooper over Rashid Shaheed. So make the move after his Week 8 game. Rashid Shaheed is listed questionable.

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Our Week 8 call

Start Darius Cooper over Rashid Shaheed in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Darius Cooper at 7.4 points and Rashid Shaheed at 5.5, a gap of 1.8. No player market is posted for Darius Cooper this week yet, so his 7.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 7 (5.6 and 9.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Rashid Shaheed this week yet, so his 5.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (5.0, 5.3 and 6.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Darius Cooper yet. His market-based projections were 5.6 and 9.2 points in Weeks 5 and 7, an average of 7.4, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Darius Cooper is 0.2 touchdowns (8 market sources).

No Week 8 player market is posted for Rashid Shaheed yet. His market-based projections were 5.0, 5.3 and 6.3 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 5.5, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Darius Cooper 1.8 points ahead of Rashid Shaheed on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Darius Cooper and PHI visit WAS on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

WAS allowed 35.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 6th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 158 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against WAS.

Rashid Shaheed and SEA host CHI on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 29.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 149 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against CHI.

By points allowed to the position, Darius Cooper has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Darius Cooper is not on the injury report.

Rashid Shaheed is listed as questionable with a knee injury.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Darius Cooper played 59 percent of PHI snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Darius Cooper, Week 4 against LAR: 55 of 61 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 33 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Darius Cooper, Week 5 against JAX: 53 of 62 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 71 yards, 1 touchdown.

Darius Cooper, Week 6 against CAR: 39 of 64 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Darius Cooper, Week 7 against DAL: 61 of 62 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 17 yards.

Through Week 7, Rashid Shaheed played 49 percent of SEA snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 21 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Rashid Shaheed, Week 7 against KC: 22 of 69 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 1 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Darius Cooper played 13 games for PHI and scored 18.2 PPR points, 1.4 a game.

He caught 9 of 11 targets for 92 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 70 air yards.

He was on the field for 19 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 8 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Darius Cooper for Rashid Shaheed?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Rashid Shaheed projects 52 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (5.8 a game over 9 games), Darius Cooper 11 (1.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Darius Cooper over Rashid Shaheed. So make the move after his Week 8 game. Rashid Shaheed is listed questionable.
Should I drop Rashid Shaheed for Darius Cooper?
No. Keep Rashid Shaheed: he projects 52 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (5.8 a game over 9 games), Darius Cooper 11 (1.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Darius Cooper over Rashid Shaheed. Rashid Shaheed is listed questionable.

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