Should I start Eli Raridon or Dalton Schultz in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 11:21 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
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Start Eli Raridon: 68 percent of the snaps and 14 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Dalton Schultz's 49 percent of the snaps and 17 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Eli Raridon for Dalton Schultz?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Dalton Schultz projects 77 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.6 a game over 9 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games).
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
TE27 · NE · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 2-5
- Market-based projection
- 6.8 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 139
TE29 · HOU · bye 8
2026 vs anytime td line 0-7
- Overall rank
- 144
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Eli Raridon, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Schultz, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Eli Raridon is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. 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 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.
Eli Raridon's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season so far
Through Week 8, Eli Raridon has been on the field for 56 percent of NE snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 30 two minute targets.
His 20 targets have averaged 7.2 air yards.
In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 56 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against MIA he caught 1 of 4 targets for 5 yards and did not score.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
Eli Raridon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
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.
Head to head
This season Dalton Schultz holds the bigger snap share, 58 percent against 56 percent.
This season Dalton Schultz holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 10 percent.
Byes and availability
Eli Raridon is off in Week 11 and Dalton Schultz in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Eli Raridon for Dalton Schultz?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Dalton Schultz projects 77 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.6 a game over 9 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games).
Should I drop Dalton Schultz for Eli Raridon?
No. Keep Dalton Schultz: he projects 77 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.6 a game over 9 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games).
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