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Start Omar Cooper Jr. or Rashid Shaheed? Week 8

Updated Oct 27, 3:21 PM ET.

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  • : Rashid Shaheed: Questionable to Out (Knee) (Sleeper injury feed)
  • : Rashid Shaheed: Listed Questionable (Knee) (Sleeper injury feed)
  • : Rashid Shaheed: Listed Questionable (Hip) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Omar Cooper Jr. over Rashid Shaheed

Start

Omar Cooper Jr.

WR · NYJ · vs LV

Market projects
5.5
recent weeks avg
LV D vs WR
31.4
16th most to WRs (2026)
Upside
Rising
77 of 100 at WR
Snap share
64%
Through Week 7
Target share
17%
Through Week 7
Sit

Rashid Shaheed

WR · SEA · vs CHI · Out

Market projects
5.5
recent weeks avg
CHI D vs WR
29.2
10th fewest to WRs (2026)
Snap share
49%
Through Week 7
Target share
14%
Through Week 7

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Our Week 8 call

Start Omar Cooper Jr. over Rashid Shaheed in Week 8.

Rashid Shaheed is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Omar Cooper Jr..

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Rashid Shaheed yet. His market-based projections were 5.0, 5.3 and 6.3 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 5.5, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Omar Cooper Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 3.9 and 7.1 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 5.5, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Omar Cooper Jr. is 0.4 touchdowns (6 market sources).

That puts Rashid Shaheed 0.1 points ahead of Omar Cooper Jr. on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Rashid Shaheed and SEA host CHI on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 29.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 149 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against CHI.

Omar Cooper Jr. and NYJ host LV on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

LV allowed 31.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 16th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 150 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against LV.

By points allowed to the position, Omar Cooper Jr. has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Rashid Shaheed is listed as out with a knee injury.

Omar Cooper Jr. is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Rashid Shaheed played 49 percent of SEA snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 21 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Rashid Shaheed, Week 7 against KC: 22 of 69 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 1 yards.

Through Week 7, Omar Cooper Jr. played 64 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 35 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Omar Cooper Jr., Week 7 against MIA: 38 of 59 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 115 yards, 1 touchdown.

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 8 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

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