Start Rashod Bateman or Rashid Shaheed? Week 1
Locked at kickoff. Graded after.
Start Rashid Shaheed over Rashod Bateman
Right: 1.4 to 0.0
- NE D vs WR
- 33.1
- 12th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 66%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 13%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 1.4
- PPR pts
- Books implied
- 2.2
- pre-game
- IND D vs WR
- 37.9
- 9th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 78%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 4%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 0.0
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Rashid Shaheed over Rashod Bateman in Week 1.
Rashod Bateman is priced by the books at 2.2 projected points and Rashid Shaheed is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Rashid Shaheed at ADP 129 and Rashod Bateman at 140.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Rashid Shaheed in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 2.2 fantasy points for Rashod Bateman, with 30 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
Rashid Shaheed and SEA host NE.
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.
Rashod Bateman and BAL visit IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
IND allowed 37.9 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 9th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 229 yards and a touchdown against IND.
By points allowed to the position, Rashod Bateman has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Rashid Shaheed was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Rashod Bateman 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.
In 2025, Rashod Bateman played 13 games for BAL and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing WR102.
He caught 19 of 38 targets for 224 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 185 air yards.
He was on the field for 69 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Rashod Bateman, Week 17 of 2025 against GB: 40 of 76 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards, 1.7 PPR points.
Rashod Bateman, Week 16 of 2025 against NE: 38 of 55 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
How Week 1 went
Rashid Shaheed scored 1.4 PPR points and Rashod Bateman scored 0.0.
The call was right: Rashid Shaheed outscored Rashod Bateman by 1.4.
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.
Rashod Bateman finished 2.2 points below the 2.2 the props implied.
Rashod Bateman, Week 1 against IND: 53 of 68 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR44 · BAL · bye 13
2025 vs rec yds line 1-12
- Overall rank
- 103
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 11
Ranked behind
WR58 · SEA · bye 11
2025 vs rec yds line 9-9
- Overall rank
- 136
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 12
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. This call locked at kickoff and was not edited after. It is on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board33
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 11 and tier 12
- Board size242 draftable players
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