Saints Believed To Want Third-Round Pick For WR Rashid Shaheed
According to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, it’s widely believed that Saints WR Rashid Shaheed is available for trade ahead of next Tuesday’s deadline.
Florio says that the “current chatter” is the Saints are looking for a third-round pick in return for Shaheed.
Nick Underhill has heard that New Orleans asked an AFC team for a third-round pick.
It’s possible the Saints’ asking price could change leading up to the deadline, but it sounds like they want a solid day-two pick as of now.
Shaheed, 27, went undrafted back in 2022 out of Weber State, where he was a four-time All-American as a kick returner.
He caught on with the Saints and scored a 44-yard rushing touchdown in his NFL debut on his first carry. He then scored on a 54-yard touchdown pass on his first career reception.
Shaheed was tendered by the Saints as an exclusive rights-free agent before signing a new extension in lieu of a restricted free agent tender. He’s due $4.2 million in 2025 and is set to be an unrestricted free agent in 2026.
eight games and caught 39 passes for 431 yards receiving and two touchdowns. He has also totaled 120 punt return yards on nine attempts.
Unfortunate reality might be setting in for Harrison Brunicke
The Pittsburgh Penguins dropped their Saturday matinee to the Winnipeg Jets 5-2 in which they started slow and could never recover in time. But there was more than just a slow start and a defeat to one of the Western Conference's best teams, that was a tough pill to swallow.
The Penguins will have to make a tough decision soon on if they should send 19-year-old defenseman Harrison Brunicke back to his junior team or keep him in the NHL. But after Saturday's game, it feels like that decision might have been made already.
In the contest, Brunicke just generally looked lost in his own zone and was the direct cause of the Jets second goal of the game which came early in the first period. Brunicke was doing his best to block a cross-crease pass and did not get his stick down in time. So, Jets forward Brad Lambert had a backdoor tap-in to make it 2-0 Jets early in the first.
Defenseman like Brunicke are going to want to do everything they can to get their sticks down and in position to block the cross-crease pass. Brunicke did not and the result showed. He also did not have inside positioning on Lambert so Lambert was able to box him out and score the goal.
It definitely seems like with the way head coach Dan Muse has been scratching Brunicke and playing him every now and then, that sending him back to his junior team is becoming inevitable. That kind of load management does not bode well for his chances of staying with the Penguins.
It might be ideal for him to get one more year in juniors and then be fully ready next season. That is for Muse and general manager Kyle Dubas to decide, but the answer seems like it might be in the cards for Brunicke.
