Should I start Mark Andrews or Dalton Schultz in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Schultz, and the board ranks him 119th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Mark Andrews is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Dalton Schultz is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Mark Andrews has been on the field for 63 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 72 third down targets, had 2 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 49 two minute targets.

His 43 targets have averaged 6.7 air yards.

In Week 7 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BUF he caught 3 of 4 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against JAX he carried 2 times for 0 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Dalton Schultz has been on the field for 56 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 1 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 12 of its 51 two minute targets.

His 47 targets have averaged 6.4 air yards.

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

In Week 7 against NYG he caught 5 of 6 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LAC he caught 2 of 4 targets for 42 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mark Andrews played 17 games and scored 131.0 PPR points, 7.7 a game, finishing TE16.

He caught 48 of 70 targets for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.1 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 62 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.

Head to head

In 2025 Dalton Schultz scored 10.5 PPR points a game and Mark Andrews 7.7, 2.7 a game between them.

Mark Andrews finished TE16 that year and Dalton Schultz TE10.

Dalton Schultz had 36 more targets than Mark Andrews, 106 to 70.

Dalton Schultz had 355 more receiving yards than Mark Andrews, 777 to 422.

This season Mark Andrews holds the bigger snap share, 63 percent against 56 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 18 percent each.

Byes and availability

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