Start Isaac TeSlaa or Rashid Shaheed? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 5:51 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Latest
- : Rashid Shaheed: Questionable to Out (Knee) (Sleeper injury feed)
Start Isaac TeSlaa over Rashid Shaheed
Rashid Shaheed is listed out, so Isaac TeSlaa starts despite the lower projection.
- Market projects
- 5.0
- recent weeks avg
- MIA D vs WR
- 23.8
- 3rd fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 60%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 10%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 5.8
- recent weeks avg
- ARI D vs WR
- 33.6
- 12th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 49%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 14%
- Through Week 7
Should I drop Rashid Shaheed for Isaac TeSlaa?
Not on these numbers alone. Rashid Shaheed projects 46 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (5.8 a game over 8 games) and Isaac TeSlaa 47 (5.2 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Isaac TeSlaa over Rashid Shaheed. Rashid Shaheed is listed out.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Isaac TeSlaa over Rashid Shaheed in Week 9.
Rashid Shaheed is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Isaac TeSlaa.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Rashid Shaheed yet. His market-based projections were 5.3 and 6.3 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 5.8, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
No Week 9 player market is posted for Isaac TeSlaa yet. His market-based projections were 5.5 and 4.6 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 5.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
That puts Rashid Shaheed 0.8 points ahead of Isaac TeSlaa on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Rashid Shaheed and SEA host ARI on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
ARI allowed 33.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 12th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 153 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against ARI.
Isaac TeSlaa and DET visit MIA on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
MIA allowed 23.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 116 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against MIA.
By points allowed to the position, Rashid Shaheed has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Rashid Shaheed is listed as out with a knee injury.
Isaac TeSlaa is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
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.
Through Week 7, Isaac TeSlaa played 60 percent of DET snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
Isaac TeSlaa, Week 3 against NYJ: 31 of 65 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 66 yards.
Isaac TeSlaa, Week 4 against CAR: 58 of 71 snaps, 8 targets and 4 catches for 95 yards.
Isaac TeSlaa, Week 5 against ARI: 26 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Isaac TeSlaa, Week 7 against GB: 33 of 68 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 10 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, Isaac TeSlaa played 17 games for DET and scored 75.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR82.
He caught 16 of 27 targets for 239 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets and 184 air yards.
He was on the field for 38 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Rashid Shaheed for Isaac TeSlaa?
Not on these numbers alone. Rashid Shaheed projects 46 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (5.8 a game over 8 games) and Isaac TeSlaa 47 (5.2 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Isaac TeSlaa over Rashid Shaheed. Rashid Shaheed is listed out.
Should I drop Isaac TeSlaa for Rashid Shaheed?
Not on these numbers alone. Isaac TeSlaa projects 47 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (5.2 a game over 9 games) and Rashid Shaheed 46 (5.8 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Isaac TeSlaa over Rashid Shaheed. Rashid Shaheed is listed out.
Week 9 on the board
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