Start Tez Johnson or Rashid Shaheed? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Tez Johnson over Rashid Shaheed in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Tez Johnson at 6.5 points and Rashid Shaheed at 6.3, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

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

The market-based projection for Tez Johnson is 29 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (13, 13 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.3 fantasy points for Rashid Shaheed, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Rashid Shaheed is 25 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (11, 12 and 13 market sources).

That puts Tez Johnson 0.2 points ahead of Rashid Shaheed on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Tez Johnson and TB visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 29.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 148 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against CAR.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Tez Johnson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Tez Johnson is not on the injury report.

Rashid Shaheed is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Tez Johnson played 34 percent of TB snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Tez Johnson, Week 3 against MIN: 16 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Tez Johnson, Week 4 against GB: 35 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 10 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.

Tez Johnson, Week 5 against DAL: 28 of 72 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 64 yards.

Tez Johnson, Week 6 against PIT: 25 of 74 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tez Johnson played 16 games for TB and scored 92.4 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR67.

He caught 28 of 44 targets for 322 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 212 air yards.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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

• Start Tez Johnson over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Tez Johnson over Bo Melton.
• Start Tez Johnson over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Rashid Shaheed over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Rashid Shaheed over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Rashid Shaheed.