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Seahawks acquire Saints WR Rashid Shaheed hours before trade deadline

The Seattle Seahawks are helping Sam Darnold and the offense by acquiring Rashid Shaheed from the New Orleans Saints.

Jeremy Brener

New Orleans Saints wide receiver Rashid Shaheedcelebrates after a play against the New York Giants.
New Orleans Saints wide receiver Rashid Shaheedcelebrates after a play against the New York Giants. / Matthew Hinton-Imagn Images
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The Seattle Seahawks are making a trade to bolster their wide receiver room.

According to NFL Network insider Tom Pelissero, the Seahawks are acquiring New Orleans Saints wide receiver Rashid Shaheed for a fourth- and fifth-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.

Seahawks acquire Shaheed from Saints

So far this season, Shaheed has 44 receptions for 499 yards and two touchdowns, making him one of the top wide receivers in the league. He's tied for 18th in catches and ranks 24th in the league in yards.

Shaheed, 27, joins a wide receiver room that also has Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Cooper Kupp and rookie Tory Horton, giving quarterback Sam Darnold another target to work with in the offense. The trade also reunites Shaheed with offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak, who helped him rise to prominence in the Saints offense.

The Sporting News contributor Vinnie Iyer proposed this trade last month, thinking Shaheed would be a good fit for the Seahawks.

"The Seahawks have rookie Tory Horton flashing as a big-play threat, but they could use a little more experience and extra speed to complement Jaxon Smith-Njigba in Klint Kubiak's aggressive downfield passing game. Shaheed broke out for Kubiak when the latter also was in New Orleans," Iyer wrote.

Kubiak spent last season with the Saints and Shaheed spoke about how comfortable he felt in the offense with the offensive coordinator leading the way.

"We feel like we are just going out there and playing football," Shaheed said of the Saints offense in 2024 under Kubiak. "We're super confident. We're super fast. Guys know their assignments. Everyone is keyed in and super locked in to the game plan. As an offense as a whole, we feel more confident in going out there and executing our job. When we do that, I feel like it showed up today."

The trade for Shaheed shows that the Seahawks are pushing their chips in for the 2025 season. They feel they are close to making a deep run in the playoffs and they are willing to do what it takes to get there.

Shaheed has a chance to make his Seahawks debut in Week 10 at home against the Arizona Cardinals in an important NFC West battle.

New Orleans Saints wide receiver Rashid Shaheed warms up before a game against the Buffalo Bills
New Orleans Saints wide receiver Rashid Shaheed warms up before a game against the Buffalo Bills. / Mark Konezny-Imagn Images

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Jeremy Brener
JEREMY BRENER

Jeremy Brener is an editor, writer and social media manager for several On SI sites. His work has also been featured in 247 Sports and SB Nation as a writer and podcaster. Brener grew up in Houston, going to Astros, Rockets and Texans games as a kid and resides in Central Florida. He graduated from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism minoring in Sport Business Management. Brener can be followed on Twitter @JeremyBrener.

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