Start Rashid Shaheed or Jalen Coker? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Rashid Shaheed over Jalen Coker in Week 1.

Rashid Shaheed is priced by the books at 5.8 projected points. Jalen Coker has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Rashid Shaheed at ADP 130 and Jalen Coker at 122. Market coverage on Rashid Shaheed is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the books imply

No sportsbook posted a player market for Jalen Coker in Week 1.

Player prop markets imply 5.8 fantasy points for Rashid Shaheed, with 70 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

Week 1 matchups

Jalen Coker and CAR host CHI.

CHI allowed 42.3 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 5th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 213 yards and 2 touchdowns against CHI.

Rashid Shaheed and SEA host NE on Wednesday at 8:20 PM ET.

NE allowed 33.1 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 12th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 161 yards and a touchdown against NE.

By points allowed to the position, Jalen Coker has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jalen Coker was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Rashid Shaheed was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jalen Coker played 11 games for CAR and scored 90.4 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing WR69.

He caught 33 of 43 targets for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets and 292 air yards.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Jalen Coker, Week 18 of 2025 against TB: 47 of 51 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 47 yards, 1 touchdown, 16.7 PPR points.

Jalen Coker, Week 17 of 2025 against SEA: 38 of 53 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards, 3.6 PPR points.

Jalen Coker, Week 16 of 2025 against TB: 44 of 54 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 47 yards, 7.7 PPR points.

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.

Rashid Shaheed, Week 18 of 2025 against SF: 33 of 69 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards, 1.2 PPR points.

Rashid Shaheed, Week 17 of 2025 against CAR: 12 of 66 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards, 1.8 PPR points.

Rashid Shaheed, Week 16 of 2025 against LAR: 37 of 68 snaps, 1 carry for 31 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards, 9.1 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Rashid Shaheed scored 1.4 PPR points and Jalen Coker scored 33.8.

The call was wrong: Jalen Coker outscored Rashid Shaheed by 32.4.

Rashid Shaheed finished 4.4 points below the 5.8 the props implied.

Rashid Shaheed, Week 1 against NE: 33 of 50 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards, 1.4 PPR points.

Rashid Shaheed finished as the week's WR100 in PPR scoring.

Jalen Coker, Week 1 against CHI: 57 of 68 snaps, 9 targets and 8 catches for 138 yards, 2 touchdowns, 33.8 PPR points.

Jalen Coker finished as the week's WR1 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Jalen Coker.
• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Jalen Coker.
• Start De'Zhaun Stribling over Jalen Coker.
• Start Rashid Shaheed over Chimere Dike.
• Start Rashid Shaheed over De'Zhaun Stribling.
• Start Rashid Shaheed over Jalen McMillan.