Who Should I Start? Cooper Kupp or Rashid Shaheed

Tuesday, December 9, 2:19 PM

Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Cooper Kupp finished Week 14 as the WR19 in half-PPR formats, but it came largely on the back of a walk-in touchdown that helped to mask his low volume. Kupp has rarely been taken off the field this year, but in a passing offense run almost entirely through Jaxon Smith-Njigba, he has failed to earn more than four targets in six of his last seven outings, and Sunday's touchdown marked only his second in a Seahawks uniform. Across 12 games this season, he has topped 40 receiving yards only three times, and only once since Week 6. While fantasy managers may have relied on him throughout the year as an injury or bye week replacement, it is unlikely he finds a way into any starting lineups for the fantasy playoffs, and he is best left on the waiver wire.

Tuesday, December 9, 2:53 PM

Seattle wide receiver Rashid Shaheed is coming off his best game in a Seahawks uniform and is currently rostered in about 50% of leagues, making him an interesting waiver add in Week 15. In the Week 14 win over the Falcons, he caught four of his five targets for 67 yards, while his 100-yard kick return touchdown blew open what was a tight game to that point. Shaheed's usage since being traded to Seattle had been underwhelming, but his 76% of snaps lined up wide against Atlanta marked a season-high, and his 12.8-yard average depth of target was nearly two and a half yards higher than he had seen across his first four games with the Seahawks. Seattle faces a suddenly reeling Colts team in Week 15 that ranks 29th in the league in fantasy points above expectation surrendered to the wide receiver position.