Dalton Schultz or D'Andre Swift: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dalton Schultz: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on D'Andre Swift: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 90th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 13.

The market-based projections

Dalton Schultz's market-based projection is 7.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 94th highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for D'Andre Swift is 5.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

D'Andre Swift's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Dalton Schultz has been on the field for 61 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 6.5 air yards.

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

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.

Through Week 5, D'Andre Swift has been on the field for 56 percent of CHI snaps, taken 44 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 10 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 1.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 20 times for 84 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 15 times for 58 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he carried 9 times for 43 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 30 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 D'Andre Swift played 16 games and scored 228.6 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing RB15.

He carried 223 times for 1087 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 34 of 48 targets for 299 more yards.

That came to 13.9 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dalton Schultz was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 D'Andre Swift scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Dalton Schultz 10.5, 3.8 a game between them.

Dalton Schultz finished TE10 and D'Andre Swift RB15, which are two different ladders.

Dalton Schultz is a tight end and D'Andre Swift a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

D'Andre Swift is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Dalton Schultz.

What would change the answer

D'Andre Swift is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.