Should I start Dalton Schultz or Colby Parkinson in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Dalton Schultz's market-based projection is 8.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 100th highest figure of the 216 players with a market-based projection.

Colby Parkinson's market-based projection is 6.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 119th highest figure of the 216 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Schultz, and the board ranks him 97th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Colby Parkinson, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Dalton Schultz has been on the field for 58 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

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

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.

Through Week 6, Colby Parkinson has been on the field for 62 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 1 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 3.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against DEN he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against BUF he caught 1 of 2 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ARI he caught 5 of 6 targets for 31 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Colby Parkinson played 15 games and scored 129.8 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE17.

He caught 43 of 56 targets for 408 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 20 red zone targets.

That came to 3.7 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 10 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 59 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dalton Schultz was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

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

Dalton Schultz finished TE10 that year and Colby Parkinson TE17.

Dalton Schultz had 50 more targets than Colby Parkinson, 106 to 56.

Dalton Schultz had 369 more receiving yards than Colby Parkinson, 777 to 408.

This season Colby Parkinson holds the bigger snap share, 62 percent against 58 percent.

This season Dalton Schultz holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 7 percent.

Byes and availability

Dalton Schultz is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Colby Parkinson.

Dalton Schultz is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

2.1 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.