Start Rashid Shaheed or Efton Chism? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Rashid Shaheed over Efton Chism III in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Rashid Shaheed at 5.7 points and Efton Chism III at 4.8, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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 Efton Chism III this week yet, so his 4.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (6.2 and 3.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

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.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Efton Chism III yet. His market-based projections were 6.2 and 3.5 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 4.8, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Rashid Shaheed 0.9 points ahead of Efton Chism III on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

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.

Efton Chism III and NE visit CHI on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 31.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 15th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 160 yards and a touchdown a game against CHI.

By points allowed to the position, Efton Chism III has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Rashid Shaheed is not on the injury report.

Efton Chism III 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, 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, Efton Chism III played 8 games for NE and scored 16.5 PPR points, 2.1 a game.

He caught 3 of 3 targets for 75 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target and 35 air yards.

He was on the field for 14 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Efton Chism III, Week 18 of 2025 against MIA: 1 target and 1 catch for 35 yards, 4.5 PPR points.

Efton Chism III, Week 17 of 2025 against NYJ: 41 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown, 12.0 PPR points.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Rashid Shaheed over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Rashid Shaheed over Cooper Kupp.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Rashid Shaheed.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Efton Chism III.
• Start Efton Chism III over Cody White.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Efton Chism III.