Should I drop Makai Lemon for Rashid Shaheed?

Not on these numbers alone. Makai Lemon projects 64 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.4 a game over 10 games) and Rashid Shaheed 63 (6.3 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Rashid Shaheed over Makai Lemon.

Start Rashid Shaheed or Makai Lemon? Week 7

Updated Oct 21, 4:06 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Rashid Shaheed over Makai Lemon

Start

Rashid Shaheed

WR · SEA · vs KC

Market projects: 6.6; fantasy pts
KC D vs WR: 20.8; fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside: Limited; 34 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 52%; Through Week 6
Target share: 14%; Through Week 6

Sit

Makai Lemon

WR · PHI · vs DAL

Market projects: 6.4; recent weeks avg
DAL D vs WR: 36.2; 7th most to WRs (2026)
Upside: Rising; 67 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 72%; Through Week 6
Target share: 15%; Through Week 6

Should I drop Rashid Shaheed for Makai Lemon?

Not on these numbers alone. Rashid Shaheed projects 63 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 10 games) and Makai Lemon 64 (6.4 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Rashid Shaheed over Makai Lemon.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Rashid Shaheed over Makai Lemon in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Rashid Shaheed at 6.6 points and Makai Lemon at 6.4, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Makai Lemon this week yet, so his 6.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (6.7, 7.2 and 5.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Rashid Shaheed at ADP 131 and Makai Lemon at 140.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.6 fantasy points for Rashid Shaheed, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Rashid Shaheed is 26 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (9, 12 and 12 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Makai Lemon yet. His market-based projections were 6.7, 7.2 and 5.3 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 6.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Makai Lemon is 0.2 touchdowns (12 market sources).

That puts Rashid Shaheed 0.2 points ahead of Makai Lemon on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Rashid Shaheed and SEA host KC on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

KC allowed 20.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 112 yards and no touchdowns a game against KC.

Makai Lemon and PHI host DAL on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

DAL allowed 36.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 7th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 169 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL.

By points allowed to the position, Makai Lemon has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Rashid Shaheed is not on the injury report.

Makai Lemon is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Rashid Shaheed played 52 percent of SEA snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 23 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Rashid Shaheed, Week 6 against DEN: 39 of 85 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 8 targets and 5 catches for 66 yards.

Through Week 6, Makai Lemon played 72 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 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.

Makai Lemon, Week 6 against CAR: 52 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 19 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 7 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Rashid Shaheed for Makai Lemon?
Not on these numbers alone. Rashid Shaheed projects 63 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 10 games) and Makai Lemon 64 (6.4 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Rashid Shaheed over Makai Lemon.
Should I drop Makai Lemon for Rashid Shaheed?
Not on these numbers alone. Makai Lemon projects 64 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.4 a game over 10 games) and Rashid Shaheed 63 (6.3 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Rashid Shaheed over Makai Lemon.