Rashid Shaheed Week 6 Outlook - Buccaneers at Saints

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Thu, Oct 10th 2024, 1:05pm EDT

Shaheed has been operating as the team's WR1 this season (WR25 in fantasy points per game). If you take out his Week 3 performance, where he was blanked in the fantasy points column, his production stands at 17.8 PPR points per game, which would have him tied with Chris Godwin for WR8 for the season. Shaheed leads the team with a 25% target share, a ridiculous 50.2% air-yard share, 2.82 YPRR, and a 32.2% first-read share. He is tied for the team lead in end-zone targets and red-zone targets with two apiece. The Bucs have the third-highest rate of Cover 3 in the NFL (43.5%). Against Cover 3, Shaheed's team-leading market share metrics all look similar to his overall usage numbers while noting that his YPRR has increased to 3.26. Shaheed will run about 76% of his routes against Zyon McCollum (48.1% catch rate and 92.1 passer rating) and Jamel Dean (66.7% catch rate and 92.7 passer rating). Shaheed could keep the train rolling this week against a secondary that has allowed the ninth-most receiving yards per game to perimeter wide receivers.