Should I start Dalton Schultz or Daniel Jones in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Schultz, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Daniel Jones, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 34.

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for Daniel Jones is 1.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Dalton Schultz'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, Daniel Jones has been on the field for 98 percent of IND snaps, dropped back 299 times and thrown 7.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 56 of 299 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.

In Week 6 against TEN he completed 22 of 41 passes for 269 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 3 times for 30 yards.

In Week 7 against MIN he completed 13 of 22 passes for 108 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 13 yards.

In Week 8 against JAX he completed 19 of 28 passes for 144 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 3 times for 8 yards.

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 Daniel Jones played 13 games and scored 234.4 PPR points, 18.0 a game, finishing QB17.

He threw for 3101 yards on 384 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 164 yards and 5 touchdowns.

That came to 29-30 attempts a game at 8.1 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dalton Schultz was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Daniel Jones scored 18.0 PPR points a game and Dalton Schultz 10.5, 7.6 a game between them.

Dalton Schultz finished TE10 and Daniel Jones QB17, which are two different ladders.

Dalton Schultz is a tight end and Daniel Jones a quarterback, 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 Daniel Jones in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.