Should I start Dalton Schultz or Darnell Washington in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Schultz, and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darnell Washington, and the board ranks him 158th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for Darnell Washington is 1.5 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.

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

This season so far

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.

Through Week 8, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 65 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 4 of 6 targets for 25 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against NO he caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 94 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 Darnell Washington played 16 games and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dalton Schultz was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Dalton Schultz scored 10.5 PPR points a game and Darnell Washington 4.6, 5.9 a game between them.

Dalton Schultz finished TE10 that year and Darnell Washington TE39.

Dalton Schultz had 63 more targets than Darnell Washington, 106 to 43.

Dalton Schultz had 413 more receiving yards than Darnell Washington, 777 to 364.

This season Darnell Washington holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 56 percent.

This season Dalton Schultz holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

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