Should I start Dalton Schultz or Kyle Juszczyk in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Schultz, and the board ranks him 105th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Juszczyk, and the board ranks him 106th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Dalton Schultz's market-based projection is 8.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 95th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Kyle Juszczyk is 6.1 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is 60 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

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, Kyle Juszczyk has been on the field for 49 percent of SF snaps, taken 0 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 36 third down targets, had 0 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 10.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against ARI he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DEN he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against WAS he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 10 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.

The season feed carries no line for Kyle Juszczyk in the last completed season.

Side by side

Dalton Schultz is a tight end and Kyle Juszczyk 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. No bye is listed for Kyle Juszczyk.

Dalton Schultz is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Kyle Juszczyk has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.