Saints will lose Rashid Shaheed for a season due to a knee injury

Saints wide receiver Rashid Shaheed’s season is over.

The Saints placed Shaheed in wounded reserve today, and they were reportedly still hoping that surgery would reveal a relatively minor knee injury. Instead, according to multiple reports, doctors performed a meniscus repair and determined that Shaheed would need 4 to 6 months to recover.

We’re less than four months away from the Super Bowl, so that ends Shaheed’s season.

That’s a big disappointment, as Shaheed’s season is off to a great start. He has 20 catches for 349 yards and three touchdowns and also leads the NFL with a 15.9 yards average on punt returns and a 28.5 yards average on kickoff returns.

Originally a 2022 undrafted rookie out of Weber State, Shaheed has become a key playmaker for the Saints. They will now have to wait until 2025 for the next big play he makes.