Dontayvion Wicks or Rashid Shaheed: Who Should You Start?

2026 Week 1 · deterministic head-to-head · Verdicts based on PPR scoring.

Too close to call — the edges cancel out.

Dontayvion Wicks and Rashid Shaheed grade out even this week. Wicks's best edge is the game script (26.0 implied points to 24.0), Shaheed's best edge is the projection (8.4 to 7.3) — and they cancel out. Start whichever player's game you trust more this week.

Dontayvion Wicks

Dontayvion Wicks

WR61PHIvs WSH

Projected Points

Toss-Up
Rashid Shaheed

Rashid Shaheed

WR61SEAvs NE

Projected Points

Start

Why Dontayvion Wicks

Toss-Up

WR2 with size and vertical ability. Field-stretching outside target with contested-catch upside.

Toss-up — WR61 consensus, projects WR70 this week: WSH is the 10th-softest matchup vs WRs, 26.0 implied team total.

  • WSH ranks 23 of 32 against WRs (one of the softer matchups, 0-game sample).
  • Vegas implies 26.0 team points as 5.5-point favorites.
  • Listed WR-2 on the latest depth chart with a 47% snap share in 2025.

Latest on Wicks

Role

Dontayvion Wicks is no longer with Green Bay; he is now on the Philadelphia Eagles and must beat out incumbents to win the No. 2 receiver job behind DeVonta Smith, meaning he has zero Packers offensive role entering this week.

ESPN · Sep 5, 2026
Role

Dontayvion Wicks has a central role in the Eagles' new-look offense alongside the team's other receivers.

Spadaro: Dontayvion Wicks wants to 'keep rising' with Eaglesphiladelphiaeagles.com · Aug 10, 2026

Why Rashid Shaheed

Start

Starting WR2 and pure vertical burner. Elite straight-line speed, field-tilting deep threat with return-game background.

Start — WR61 consensus, projects WR59 this week: 24.0 implied team total, 13% target share.

  • NE ranks 12 of 32 against WRs (a middle-of-the-road matchup, 0-game sample).
  • Vegas implies 24.0 team points as 3.5-point favorites.
  • Listed WR-2 on the latest depth chart with a 61% snap share in 2025.

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Head-to-head stats

MetricDontayvion WicksRashid Shaheed
Projected points
Consensus rankWR61WR61
Opponent vs positionWSH · 23 of 320-game sampleNE · 12 of 320-game sample
Receptions25 of 327 of 32
Receiving Yards27 of 326 of 32
Receiving TDs22 of 3222 of 32
Targets23 of 325 of 32
Anytime TD18 of 3222 of 32
Target share13%(2025)13%
Reception share12%(2025)6%
Implied total · spread26.0-5.524.0-3.5
Depth chartWR2WR2
Snap share47%(2025)61%(2025)

Signal breakdown

  • 7.3 vs 8.4 projected PPR pointsRashid Shaheed +
  • Rank 61 vs 61Rashid Shaheed +
  • Opponent DvP rank 23 vs 12 (32 = softest)even
  • Implied 26.0 vs 24.0 team pointsDontayvion Wicks +
  • No injury designationseven
  • 47% vs 61% snap shareRashid Shaheed +

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