DeMario Douglas or Rashid Shaheed: Week 6 result

Our Week 6 call

Start DeMario Douglas over Rashid Shaheed in Week 6.

Market-based projections have DeMario Douglas at 6.2 points and Rashid Shaheed at 5.3, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for DeMario Douglas this week yet, so his 6.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (6.1, 5.8 and 6.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for DeMario Douglas yet. His market-based projections were 6.1, 5.8 and 6.6 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 6.2, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market-based projection for DeMario Douglas is 0.3 touchdowns (13 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.3 fantasy points for Rashid Shaheed, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Rashid Shaheed is 3 rushing yards, 23 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (7, 13, 13 and 12 market sources).

That puts DeMario Douglas 0.8 points ahead of Rashid Shaheed on these projections.

Injury status

DeMario Douglas is not on the injury report.

Rashid Shaheed is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, DeMario Douglas played 53 percent of NE snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

DeMario Douglas, Week 2 against PIT: 26 of 55 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 9 yards.

DeMario Douglas, Week 3 against JAX: 37 of 63 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 38 yards.

DeMario Douglas, Week 4 against BUF: 35 of 76 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards.

DeMario Douglas, Week 5 against LV: 37 of 75 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 65 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, DeMario Douglas played 17 games for NE and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.

He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 233 air yards.

He was on the field for 26 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.

How Week 6 went

DeMario Douglas scored 19.6 PPR points and Rashid Shaheed scored 11.8.

The call was right: DeMario Douglas outscored Rashid Shaheed by 7.8.

DeMario Douglas finished 13.4 points above the 6.2 his recent weeks' markets projected.

DeMario Douglas, Week 6 against NYJ: 40 of 68 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown, 19.6 PPR points.

DeMario Douglas finished as the week's WR10 in PPR scoring.

Rashid Shaheed finished 6.5 points above the 5.3 the market projected.

Rashid Shaheed, Week 6 against DEN: 39 of 85 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 8 targets and 5 catches for 66 yards, 11.8 PPR points.

Rashid Shaheed finished as the week's WR31 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start DeMario Douglas over Bo Melton.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over DeMario Douglas.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over DeMario Douglas.
• Start Rashid Shaheed over Bo Melton.
• Start Rashid Shaheed over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Rashid Shaheed over Calvin Ridley.