Should I start Dalton Schultz or Kenny Gainwell in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Dalton Schultz's market-based projection is 8.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 104th highest figure of the 222 players with a market-based projection.

Kenny Gainwell's market-based projection is 6.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 131st highest figure of the 222 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Schultz, and the board ranks him 102nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kenny Gainwell, and the board ranks him 103rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

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.

Through Week 6, Kenny Gainwell has been on the field for 36 percent of TB snaps, taken 12 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have come 2.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against GB he carried 3 times for 5 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 4 times for 18 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PIT he carried 2 times for 17 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 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 Kenny Gainwell played 17 games and scored 222.3 PPR points, 13.1 a game, finishing RB16.

He carried 114 times for 537 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 73 of 85 targets for 486 more yards.

That came to 6.7 carries a game at 4.7 yards a carry and 4.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Kenny Gainwell scored 13.1 PPR points a game and Dalton Schultz 10.5, 2.6 a game between them.

Dalton Schultz finished TE10 and Kenny Gainwell RB16, which are two different ladders.

Dalton Schultz is a tight end and Kenny Gainwell a running back, 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 Kenny Gainwell in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Dalton Schultz is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

2.2 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.