Should I start AJ Barner or Dalton Schultz in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on AJ Barner, and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Schultz, and the board ranks him 127th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for AJ Barner, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The market-based projection for Dalton Schultz is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, AJ Barner has been on the field for 88 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 62 third down targets, had 3 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 2.1 air yards.

In Week 5 against SF he caught 3 of 5 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DEN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against KC he carried 3 times for 4 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 42 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Dalton Schultz has been on the field for 58 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 1 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 43 targets have averaged 5.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against TEN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against JAX he caught 4 of 6 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYG he caught 5 of 6 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 AJ Barner played 17 games and scored 147.3 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE14.

He caught 52 of 68 targets for 519 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Dalton Schultz played 17 games and scored 177.7 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE10.

He caught 82 of 106 targets for 777 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 10 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 72 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Dalton Schultz scored 10.5 PPR points a game and AJ Barner 8.7, 1.8 a game between them.

AJ Barner finished TE14 that year and Dalton Schultz TE10.

Dalton Schultz had 38 more targets than AJ Barner, 106 to 68.

Dalton Schultz had 258 more receiving yards than AJ Barner, 777 to 519.

This season AJ Barner holds the bigger snap share, 88 percent against 58 percent.

This season Dalton Schultz holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

AJ Barner is off in Week 11 and Dalton Schultz in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.