Should I start Dalton Schultz or CeeDee Lamb in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Schultz, and the board ranks him 88th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on CeeDee Lamb, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Dalton Schultz's market-based projection is 8.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 75th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for CeeDee Lamb is 4.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

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

This season so far

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.

Through Week 8, CeeDee Lamb has been on the field for 79 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 31 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 25 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 3 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 16 of its 50 two minute targets.

His 92 targets have averaged 9.9 air yards.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 9 of 18 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 5 of 12 targets for 74 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 8 against ARI he caught 7 of 11 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb played 14 games and scored 200.9 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing WR22.

He caught 75 of 117 targets for 1077 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 75 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dalton Schultz was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb scored 14.4 PPR points a game and Dalton Schultz 10.5, 3.9 a game between them.

Dalton Schultz finished TE10 and CeeDee Lamb WR22, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Dalton Schultz is off in Week 8 and CeeDee Lamb in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

CeeDee Lamb has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.