Kyler Murray or Dalton Schultz: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Kyler Murray at 16.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 33rd highest figure of the 218 players the market prices.

The player markets price Dalton Schultz at 9.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 103rd highest figure of the 218 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyler Murray: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 107th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 18.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dalton Schultz: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 105th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Kyler Murray has been on the field for 73 percent of MIN snaps, dropped back 84 times and thrown 6.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 84 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 1 against GB he completed 3 of 5 passes for 18 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 9 yards.

In Week 3 against TB he completed 15 of 29 passes for 168 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 17 yards.

In Week 4 against MIA he completed 27 of 37 passes for 247 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 21 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kyler Murray played 5 games and scored 80.8 PPR points, 16.2 a game, finishing QB38.

He threw for 962 yards on 161 attempts with 6 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 173 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 32.2 attempts a game at 6.0 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 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 9.5 yards a catch.

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

Dalton Schultz was available for 12 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Kyler Murray scored 16.2 PPR points a game and Dalton Schultz 10.5, 5.7 a game between them.

Kyler Murray finished QB38 and Dalton Schultz TE10, which are two different ladders.

Kyler Murray is a quarterback 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

Kyler Murray is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Dalton Schultz.

What would change the answer

6.9 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 the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.