Start Rashid Shaheed or Joshua Palmer? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Rashid Shaheed over Joshua Palmer in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Rashid Shaheed at 5.1 points and Joshua Palmer at 3.9, a gap of 1.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Joshua Palmer this week yet, so his 3.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (5.5, 2.5 and 3.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Joshua Palmer yet. His market-based projections were 5.5, 2.5 and 3.8 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 3.9, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Joshua Palmer a 22% chance to score a touchdown (12 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.1 fantasy points for Rashid Shaheed, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Rashid Shaheed is 23 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 20% chance to score a touchdown (10, 13 and 12 market sources).

That puts Rashid Shaheed 1.2 points ahead of Joshua Palmer on these projections.

Injury status

Joshua Palmer is listed as questionable with a shoulder injury.

Rashid Shaheed is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 4, Joshua Palmer played 40 percent of BUF snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Joshua Palmer, Week 1 against HOU: 18 of 58 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 34 yards, 1 touchdown.

Joshua Palmer, Week 2 against DET: 28 of 74 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 43 yards, 1 touchdown.

Joshua Palmer, Week 3 against LAC: 21 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Joshua Palmer, Week 4 against NE: 35 of 59 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Through Week 5, Rashid Shaheed played 54 percent of SEA snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 21 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Rashid Shaheed, Week 2 against ARI: 39 of 70 snaps, 1 carry for 4 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 35 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Joshua Palmer played 12 games for BUF and scored 52.3 PPR points, 4.4 a game, finishing WR105.

He caught 22 of 37 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 249 air yards.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Joshua Palmer.
• Start Joshua Palmer over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Cody White over Joshua Palmer.
• Start Rashid Shaheed over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Rashid Shaheed over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Rashid Shaheed over Cody White.