Rashid Shaheed Camp Update — August 23: A Hard Hit, No Usage Answers Yet
2026 NFL Season · Sunday, Aug 23
Shaheed's one logged rep from the Nashville joint practice was taking a big hit over the middle from Alontae Taylor and popping up, with Darnold praising the toughness. The question of which usage profile Seattle deploys still has no on-field answer.
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Rashid Shaheed's one entry in the accessed coverage of Friday's joint practice in Nashville was a collision: he took a hard hit over the middle from Titans cornerback Alontae Taylor, got up, and stayed in the mix, with Sam Darnold volunteering afterward that his receiver "showed a lot of toughness," per Ari Horton and John Boyle at the team's website. No injury note followed, which makes the rep a footnote rather than a story — but a catch over the middle in traffic is at least consistent with a receiver being used as more than a deep decoy.
That matters because usage is the entire Shaheed question, and August still hasn't touched it. He has no game snaps — Seattle's starters have sat the preseason so far, and the Titans game is today in Nashville, after this episode is filed. The week's roster news around him cut the other way from competition: Jake Bobo's season ended with a knee injury and a move to injured reserve Saturday, per John Boyle at the team's website, and Tory Horton missed practice time early in the week, which leaves the receiver room shorter behind the top group.
Back in June the preview framed Shaheed as one question with two answers on film — the big New Orleans target share against the smaller Seattle one, with a 20-million-dollar signing bonus arguing the champion didn't pay for the smaller version — and the share that settles it needs the first offense on a field. What to watch: any starter series today or in the finale, and where Shaheed's snaps and targets sit when the first group finally plays. We'll check after cut day.
_Data via nflverse._
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