Should I start Keenan Allen or Dalton Schultz in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keenan Allen, and the board ranks him 136th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Schultz, and the board ranks him 137th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Keenan Allen is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver'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 6 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 59 percent of IND snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 40 targets have averaged 7.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against HOU he caught 6 of 9 targets for 63 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against PIT he caught 5 of 9 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TEN he caught 8 of 11 targets for 82 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Dalton Schultz has been on the field for 58 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against JAX he caught 4 of 6 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Keenan Allen played 17 games and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.

He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Keenan Allen scored 10.7 PPR points a game and Dalton Schultz 10.5, 0.3 a game between them.

Keenan Allen finished WR29 and Dalton Schultz TE10, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Keenan Allen is off in Week 13 and Dalton Schultz in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.