Is Rashid Shaheed playing tonight? Exploring Saints WR's fantasy outlook for Week 5 Monday Night Football

The New Orleans Saints will close the Week 5 NFL schedule when they face the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday at Arrowhead Stadium. All eyes will be on New Orleans wide receivers Chris Olave and Rashid Shaheed. The Saints were hot to start the year but were swiftly humbled in consecutive weeks by the Philadelphia Eagles and the Atlanta Falcons.

The Saints have a relatively clean bill of health for Monday Night Football. Olave popped up on the injury report but is expected to get the green light to suit up at Arrowhead. There are no injury concerns with Shahid, so expect the two WRs to trouble the Chiefs defense all night.

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Rashid Shaheed's fantasy outlook for Week 5 Monday Night Football

This Chiefs defense is nothing to scoff at. They're a respectable unit.

We've seen them go two-high when facing a 1-2 combo. But that may not be enough to keep Olave and Shaheed quiet on Monday.

Last week, Shaheed caught 8 of his 11 targets for 83 yards in a 26-24 loss to the Atlanta Falcons. A muffed punt meant all eyes were on him early on, but he recovered well to lead the Saints in targets on the day.

Zoom out a little and this is a tough matchup for Shaheed and Olave. But Shaheed has flashed some big play potential over four weeks of football. Klint Kubiak has also been scheming to ensure his offense is in the best position to succeed. We've seen this offense progress in remarkable ways this year.

They're not firing on all cylinders just yet and Shaheed may not have a bumper night against this Chiefs defense, but he still has intriguing WR3 potential tonight.

Rashid Shaheed fantasy outlook for Week 5 Monday Night Football

Sportskeeda's Start/Sit Optimizer projects a return of 11.6 points for Shaheed this week. However, those points could be the difference between winning or losing this week's matchup.