Dalton Schultz or Terry McLaurin: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dalton Schultz: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 78th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 168th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Dalton Schultz at 10.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 85th highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

The market has Terry McLaurin at 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Terry McLaurin's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

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.

Through Week 3, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 78 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against PHI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 2 of 9 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 6 of 9 targets for 77 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Terry McLaurin played 10 games and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dalton Schultz was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Terry McLaurin scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Dalton Schultz 10.5, 1.0 a game between them.

Dalton Schultz finished TE10 and Terry McLaurin WR56, which are two different ladders.

Dalton Schultz is a tight end and Terry McLaurin a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Terry McLaurin is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Dalton Schultz.

Terry McLaurin is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Terry McLaurin is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.