Start Rashid Shaheed or Makai Lemon? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Rashid Shaheed over Makai Lemon in Week 1.

Rashid Shaheed is priced by the books at 5.8 projected points. Makai Lemon 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 Makai Lemon at 138. 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 Makai Lemon 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.

Makai Lemon and PHI host WAS.

WAS allowed 26.1 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 14th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 121 yards and a touchdown against WAS.

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.

Makai Lemon 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.

How Week 1 went

Rashid Shaheed scored 1.4 PPR points and Makai Lemon scored 2.5.

The call was wrong: Makai Lemon outscored Rashid Shaheed by 1.1.

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.

Makai Lemon, Week 1 against WAS: 35 of 55 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for -5 yards, 2.5 PPR points.

Makai Lemon finished as the week's WR91 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 Deebo Samuel Sr. over Makai Lemon.
• Start Makai Lemon over Denzel Boston.
• Start De'Zhaun Stribling over Makai Lemon.