Start Rashid Shaheed or Makai Lemon? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Makai Lemon over Rashid Shaheed in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Makai Lemon at 6.9 points and Rashid Shaheed at 5.3, a gap of 1.7. No player market is posted for Makai Lemon this week yet, so his 6.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (6.9, 6.7 and 7.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Makai Lemon yet. His market-based projections were 6.9, 6.7 and 7.2 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 6.9, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Makai Lemon a 21% chance to score a touchdown (3 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.3 fantasy points for Rashid Shaheed, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Rashid Shaheed is 2 rushing yards, 23 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 20% chance to score a touchdown (4, 9, 13 and 12 market sources).

That puts Makai Lemon 1.7 points ahead of Rashid Shaheed on these projections.

Injury status

Makai Lemon is not on the injury report.

Rashid Shaheed is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Makai Lemon played 70 percent of PHI snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Makai Lemon, Week 2 against TEN: 48 of 76 snaps, 1 carry for -5 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 14 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 3 against CHI: 35 of 50 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 29 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 4 against LAR: 45 of 61 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards.

Makai Lemon, Week 5 against JAX: 50 of 62 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 43 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, 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 Makai Lemon over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Makai Lemon over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Makai Lemon.
• Start Rashid Shaheed over Bo Melton.
• Start Rashid Shaheed over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Rashid Shaheed over Calvin Ridley.