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Should I start Carnell Tate or Dalton Schultz in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 1:21 PM ET.

Start Carnell Tate: 80 percent of the snaps and 22 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Dalton Schultz's 47 percent of the snaps and 16 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Dalton Schultz for Carnell Tate?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Carnell Tate projects 89 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (11.1 a game over 8 games), Dalton Schultz 70 (8.8 a game over 8 games). Carnell Tate is listed out.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Carnell Tate

WR47 · TEN · bye 9

2026 vs anytime td line 1-6

Overall rank
108

Dalton Schultz

TE18 · HOU · bye 8

2026 vs anytime td line 0-8

Market-based projection
8.9 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
116

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Carnell Tate, and the board ranks him 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Schultz, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Carnell Tate is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Dalton Schultz is 2.1 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.

Carnell Tate's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Carnell Tate has been on the field for 82 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 12 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 51 targets have averaged 12.7 air yards.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 1 of 5 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against IND he caught 6 of 7 targets for 70 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against CLE he caught 5 of 7 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Dalton Schultz has been on the field for 56 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 1 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 12 of its 51 two minute targets.

His 47 targets have averaged 6.4 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against LAC he caught 2 of 4 targets for 42 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

Carnell Tate is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Side by side

Carnell Tate is a wide receiver and Dalton Schultz a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Carnell Tate is off in Week 9 and Dalton Schultz in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Carnell Tate is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Dalton Schultz for Carnell Tate?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Carnell Tate projects 89 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (11.1 a game over 8 games), Dalton Schultz 70 (8.8 a game over 8 games). Carnell Tate is listed out.

  • Should I drop Carnell Tate for Dalton Schultz?

    No. Keep Carnell Tate: he projects 89 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (11.1 a game over 8 games), Dalton Schultz 70 (8.8 a game over 8 games). Carnell Tate is listed out.

Should I drop Dalton Schultz?

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