Rich Ryan said the Saints are his most-owned portfolio stack because Tyler Shuck and Rashid Shaheed are "practically free" on DraftKings. Shuck rarely cracks the top-200 picks, while Shaheed hovers in the late-14th, yet the electric wideout produced 2.36 yards per route on 20-plus-yard targets last season—seventh-best in the NFL. Ryan notes new OC Klint Kubiak historically calls play-action deep shots at a top-five rate, a perfect match for Shaheed’s 4.3 speed. Pairing Shuck with Shaheed and sprinkling in Juwan Johnson costs less than a single ninth-round wide receiver, freeing capital for early RBs while still capturing an NFC South Week-17 dome shootout. Ryan is already 20 % exposed to the mini stack.

Sean Koerner called Rashid Shaheed the quintessential late-round dart at WR 54. Before a Week-6 season-ending injury, Shaheed ranked 22nd in best-ball points per game by simply converting a handful of targets into long touchdowns. Koerner sees no reason that formula changes in 2026: Shaheed remains the Saints’ fastest weapon, and his sporadic usage is perfect for formats that automatically plug spike weeks into the lineup. At his current cost, one or two 25-point explosions easily pay off the investment while any extra volume under Kellen Moore would be pure gravy.

Peter Overzet doubled down on Rashid Shaheed after citing ESPN analyst Mike Clay’s updated projection of 62 catches, 926 yards and 4 touchdowns. Overzet reminded viewers that line would have landed Shaheed inside last year’s top-30 wide receivers, yet drafters are still letting him slide to roughly pick 150 as a WR6/7. He thinks the Saints offense will be "mostly fine," noting Shaheed already posted 2.59 yards per route run in 2023 and needs only a modest snap-share bump to turn Clay’s forecast into multiple spike weeks. Overzet contrasted the optimism with Clay’s meager 427-yard projection for rookie Pat Bryant, arguing Shaheed is the far superior late-round lottery ticket. With a cheap Week-17 bring-back versus Tennessee and very little roster duplication at his current ADP, Overzet believes Shaheed offers league-winning upside in Best Ball Mania.

Peter Overzet said Rashid Shaheed is still a smash pick in Best Ball Mania drafts, especially when he falls to pick 121 as your sixth wide receiver in a Zero-RB construction. Overzet pointed out that Shaheed is "not even on the PUP list," so the lingering knee worry is overblown. He argued you can comfortably stop drafting wideouts at six when your WR6 carries Shaheed’s weekly deep-ball spike potential, freeing capital for more running-back darts. Overzet also dismissed concerns about a potential downgrade from Derek Carr to rookie Tyler Shough, noting Shaheed only needs a couple of high-value targets to swing a playoff week. With an inexpensive Week-17 bring-back versus Tennessee, Shaheed provides ceiling, correlation and structural flexibility that the room is mis-pricing.

Davis Mattek advised steering clear of Rashid Shaheed despite his highlight-reel 2023 efficiency. Mattek reminded listeners that Shaheed is coming off a knee injury and joked that he now has "Shuck Demon" at quarterback—underscoring the uncertainty around the Saints’ passing offense if Derek Carr falters. With Shaheed’s game built on speed and deep targets, Mattek worries any loss of explosiveness or downgrade in vertical accuracy would torpedo his best-ball spike-week appeal, making him an unnecessary risk at his current WR50–55 price tag.

Greg Brainos recommended scooping Rashid Shaheed in the late rounds, stressing that the speedster avoided the preseason PUP list and is "fully healthy." Brainos reminded listeners that Shaheed ranked 6th among qualified wideouts in yards per route run (2.59) from Weeks 7-17 last season and produced six top-24 weekly finishes on Underdog’s half-point format despite running only 64% of the routes. With Derek Carr’s 8.4-yard average depth of target meshing perfectly with Shaheed’s vertical skill set, Brainos expects more full-time usage in 2024. He called Shaheed a classic boom-bust best-ball piece whose spike-week profile is being mispriced around pick 140.

Hayden Winks pushed Rashid Shaheed up his board, saying Kellen Moore’s arrival should finally get the burner manufactured looks instead of relying solely on deep shots. Winks noted Shaheed has rarely been used on screens or bunch-set rub routes despite ranking among the league’s best comeback/outs versus off coverage. Moore’s track record of moving receivers into the slot and dialing up quick hitters (think CeeDee Lamb and Keenan Allen) convinces him Shaheed will see a bump in short-area volume. With the Saints’ defense ‘pretty suspect,’ more shootouts are expected, and any missed time from Alvin Kamara would force the staff to find easy YAC options for rookie QB Tyler Shough. Winks still labels Shaheed a classic boom-bust best-ball pick but believes the additional schemed touches raise his weekly floor enough to target him in the late 8th/early 9th round cluster of WR4s.

Pete Overzet celebrated landing Rashid Shaheed at straight ADP, calling it the perfect bring-back for his Tampa Bay stack. Shaheed’s 16.8-yard aDOT and 2.62 yards per route versus zone coverage give him week-winning volatility—exactly what you want opposite Mike Evans and Chris Godwin in potential late-season NFC South shootouts. Overzet added that New Orleans faces Tampa in Weeks 16 and 17, so the correlated upside directly overlaps the Best Ball Mania playoff window. With divisional familiarity, dome weather, and virtually no competition for deep targets behind Chris Olave, Shaheed offers “cheap access to 20-point bombs” while costing only a late-10th/early-11th pick.

Davis Mattek flagged Rashid Shaheed as one of the biggest bargains still lingering in the triple-digit picks. He cited Mike Clay’s early projections that peg Shaheed and Chris Olave both around 950 receiving yards, yet the market prices Olave in Round 2 while Shaheed slips into the 11th. Mattek reminded listeners Shaheed sat as the WR8 overall through Week 7 last year before his quad injury and noted the Saints never replaced his field-stretching role in free agency. With Derek Carr’s ADOT climbing when Shaheed is healthy, Mattek expects multiple 20-point spike weeks and calls him ‘cheap Darnell Mooney with actual ceiling.’ He is scooping every sub-ADP share in Eliminator drafts where one long TD can flip a head-to-head matchup.

Hayden Winks called Rashid Shaheed one of the cleanest wide-receiver buys on the board because the market’s refusal to draft Saints quarterbacks is holding Shaheed’s ADP down. Winks noted the speedster averaged 2.28 yards per route in his six fully healthy games last year, returned from a meniscus repair early enough that 2024 performance should be unaffected, and faces little target competition beyond Chris Olave. Because no one is stacking Derek Carr or Spencer Rattler, Shaheed does not get the usual ADP push that comes with correlated QB picks, letting drafters scoop a proven deep-threat tied to a top-three red-zone TD rate offense at a WR50-ish cost. Winks likes clicking Shaheed as a one-off on teams that need upside without paying the stacking tax, projecting another 17-18% target share with multiple 25-point spike weeks in his range of outcomes.