Start Rashid Shaheed or Jalen McMillan? Week 1
Locked at kickoff. Graded after.
Start Rashid Shaheed over Jalen McMillan
Right: 1.4 to 0.0
- NE D vs WR
- 33.1
- 12th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 66%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 13%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 1.4
- PPR pts
- Books implied
- 0.6
- pre-game
- CIN D vs WR
- 25.8
- 13th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Scored
- 0.0
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Rashid Shaheed over Jalen McMillan in Week 1.
Jalen McMillan is listed doubtful on our news wire, so this is not a close call: start Rashid Shaheed. Drafters take Rashid Shaheed at ADP 133 and Jalen McMillan at 147.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Rashid Shaheed in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 0.6 fantasy points for Jalen McMillan, with 33 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
Rashid Shaheed and SEA host NE.
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.
Jalen McMillan and TB visit CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CIN allowed 25.8 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 13th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 139 yards and no touchdowns against CIN.
By points allowed to the position, Rashid Shaheed has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Rashid Shaheed was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Jalen McMillan was listed as doubtful when the call was made.
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.
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.
In 2025, Jalen McMillan played 4 games for TB and scored 29.9 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing WR137.
He caught 12 of 15 targets for 178 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 119 air yards.
He was on the field for 52 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Jalen McMillan, Week 18 of 2025 against CAR: 37 of 67 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 11 yards, 2.1 PPR points.
Jalen McMillan, Week 17 of 2025 against MIA: 35 of 67 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 114 yards, 18.4 PPR points.
Jalen McMillan, Week 16 of 2025 against CAR: 34 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards, 3.6 PPR points.
How Week 1 went
Rashid Shaheed scored 1.4 PPR points and Jalen McMillan scored 0.0.
The call was right: Rashid Shaheed outscored Jalen McMillan by 1.4.
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 McMillan finished 0.6 points below the 0.6 the props implied.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR58 · SEA · bye 11
2025 vs rec yds line 9-9
- Overall rank
- 136
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 12
Ranked behind
WR61 · TB · bye 10
2025 vs catches line 3-1
- Overall rank
- 144
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 13
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. This call locked at kickoff and was not edited after. It is on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board8
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 12 and tier 13
- Board size242 draftable players
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