Start Rashid Shaheed or Jerry Jeudy? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Rashid Shaheed over Jerry Jeudy in Week 1.

Rashid Shaheed is priced by the books at 5.8 projected points. Jerry Jeudy 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 Jerry Jeudy at 137. 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

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

No sportsbook posted a player market for Jerry Jeudy in Week 1.

Week 1 matchups

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.

Jerry Jeudy and CLE visit JAX.

JAX allowed 26.3 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 15th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 128 yards and a touchdown against JAX.

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.

Jerry Jeudy was not on the injury report 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, Jerry Jeudy played 17 games for CLE and scored 120.7 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR52.

He caught 50 of 106 targets for 602 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 436 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 18 of 2025 against CIN: 1 carry for 5 yards, 6 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards, 4.2 PPR points.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 17 of 2025 against PIT: 49 of 52 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 54 yards, 10.4 PPR points.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 16 of 2025 against BUF: 48 of 66 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 12 yards, 4.2 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Rashid Shaheed scored 1.4 PPR points and Jerry Jeudy scored 4.6.

The call was wrong: Jerry Jeudy outscored Rashid Shaheed by 3.2.

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.

Jerry Jeudy, Week 1 against JAX: 32 of 51 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 26 yards, 4.6 PPR points.

Jerry Jeudy finished as the week's WR76 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Rashid Shaheed over Chimere Dike.
• Start Rashid Shaheed over De'Zhaun Stribling.
• Start Rashid Shaheed over Jalen Coker.
• Start Jerry Jeudy over Chimere Dike.
• Start Jerry Jeudy over Denzel Boston.
• Start De'Zhaun Stribling over Jerry Jeudy.