Dalton Schultz or Michael Penix Jr.: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dalton Schultz: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 32nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Penix Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 33rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Dalton Schultz at 8.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 34th highest figure of the 123 players the market prices.

The market has Michael Penix Jr. at 16.8 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 2 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Michael Penix Jr.'s price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Dalton Schultz has been on the field for 61 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 6.5 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against TEN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Michael Penix Jr. has been on the field for 98 percent of ATL snaps, dropped back 83 times and thrown 6.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 8 of 83 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.

In Week 3 against GB he completed 18 of 25 passes for 256 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception.

In Week 4 against NO he completed 15 of 20 passes for 223 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

In Week 5 against BAL he completed 19 of 32 passes for 240 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 8 yards.

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 9.5 yards a catch.

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

In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. played 9 games and scored 123.3 PPR points, 13.7 a game, finishing QB33.

He threw for 1982 yards on 276 attempts with 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 70 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 30.7 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dalton Schultz was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. scored 13.7 PPR points a game and Dalton Schultz 10.5, 3.2 a game between them.

Dalton Schultz finished TE10 and Michael Penix Jr. QB33, which are two different ladders.

Dalton Schultz is a tight end and Michael Penix Jr. a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Michael Penix Jr. is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Dalton Schultz.

Michael Penix Jr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Michael Penix Jr. is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.