Dalton Schultz or Jalen Coker: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dalton Schultz: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 78th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen Coker: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 206th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Dalton Schultz at 10.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 85th highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

No season market is posted for Jalen Coker, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Dalton Schultz has been on the field for 63 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against CIN he caught 12 of 14 targets for 140 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 3, Jalen Coker has been on the field for 64 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against CHI he caught 8 of 9 targets for 138 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against ATL he caught 8 of 9 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 18 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 9.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 72 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jalen Coker played 11 games and scored 90.4 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing WR69.

He caught 33 of 43 targets for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 3.9 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dalton Schultz was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Dalton Schultz scored 10.5 PPR points a game and Jalen Coker 8.2, 2.2 a game between them.

Dalton Schultz finished TE10 and Jalen Coker WR69, which are two different ladders.

Dalton Schultz is a tight end and Jalen Coker a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jalen Coker is off in Week 5. No bye is listed for Dalton Schultz.

Jalen Coker is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Jalen Coker has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.