Rashee Rice or Dalton Schultz: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashee Rice: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 44th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 36.

Our board does not carry Dalton Schultz at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and the sportsbooks have no priced market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Rashee Rice at 12.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 70th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

No sportsbook has posted a season market for Dalton Schultz, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 81 percent of KC snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 6.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against DEN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 4 of 6 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Dalton Schultz has been on the field for 67 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 5.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against BUF he caught 4 of 8 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against CIN he caught 12 of 14 targets for 140 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Rashee Rice played 8 games and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 73 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 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Dalton Schultz 10.5, 8.3 a game between them.

Rashee Rice finished WR40 and Dalton Schultz TE10, which are two different ladders.

Rashee Rice is a wide receiver 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

Rashee Rice is off in Week 5. No bye is listed for Dalton Schultz.

What would change the answer

Dalton Schultz has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.