Mark Andrews or Dalton Schultz: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Mark Andrews at 12.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 18 books. That is the 61st highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Dalton Schultz at 10.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 18 books. That is the 79th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mark Andrews: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 38th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 133.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dalton Schultz: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Mark Andrews has been on the field for 72 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 6 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 7.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against IND he caught 4 of 6 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Dalton Schultz has been on the field for 66 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 3.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against BUF he caught 4 of 8 targets for 35 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 9.5 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, 72 percent against 66 percent.

This season Mark Andrews holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 22 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

1.6 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.