Start Rashid Shaheed or Tre Tucker? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Rashid Shaheed over Tre Tucker in Week 1.

De-vigged player props project Rashid Shaheed at 5.8 points and Tre Tucker at 4.1, a gap of 1.8. Drafters take Rashid Shaheed at ADP 130 and Tre Tucker at 140. Market coverage on Rashid Shaheed is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 5.8 fantasy points for Rashid Shaheed, with 70 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

Player prop markets imply 4.1 fantasy points for Tre Tucker, with 40 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

That puts Rashid Shaheed 1.8 points ahead of Tre Tucker on the books.

Week 1 matchups

Rashid Shaheed and SEA host NE on Wednesday at 8:20 PM ET.

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.

Tre Tucker and LV host MIA on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

MIA allowed 22.5 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 9th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 83 yards and a touchdown against MIA.

By points allowed to the position, Rashid Shaheed has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Rashid Shaheed was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Tre Tucker 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, Tre Tucker played 17 games for LV and scored 161.7 PPR points, 9.5 a game, finishing WR38.

He caught 57 of 92 targets for 696 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 405 air yards.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Tre Tucker, Week 18 of 2025 against KC: 1 carry for 4 yards, 6 targets and 2 catches for 30 yards, 5.4 PPR points.

Tre Tucker, Week 17 of 2025 against NYG: 59 of 59 snaps, 2 carries for 0 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 49 yards, 9.9 PPR points.

Tre Tucker, Week 16 of 2025 against HOU: 54 of 54 snaps, 2 carries for 11 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 43 yards, 9.4 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Rashid Shaheed scored 1.4 PPR points and Tre Tucker scored 4.7.

The call was wrong: Tre Tucker outscored Rashid Shaheed by 3.3.

Rashid Shaheed finished 4.4 points below the 5.8 the props implied.

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.

Tre Tucker finished 0.6 points above the 4.1 the props implied.

Tre Tucker, Week 1 against MIA: 48 of 68 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 27 yards, 4.7 PPR points.

Tre Tucker finished as the week's WR74 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Rashid Shaheed over Chimere Dike.
• Start Rashid Shaheed over De'Zhaun Stribling.
• Start Rashid Shaheed over Jalen Coker.
• Start Tre Tucker over Denzel Boston.
• Start Tre Tucker over De'Zhaun Stribling.
• Start Jalen Coker over Tre Tucker.