Dalton Schultz or Tucker Kraft: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks 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 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Tucker Kraft at 10.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 83rd highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

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.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tucker Kraft: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 101.

This season through Week 1

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.

Through Week 1, Tucker Kraft has been on the field for 66 percent of GB snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 13.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against MIN he caught 3 of 6 targets for 65 yards and did not score.

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 Tucker Kraft played 8 games and scored 117.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE24.

He caught 32 of 44 targets for 489 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5.5 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dalton Schultz was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tucker Kraft scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Dalton Schultz 10.5, 4.2 a game between them.

Dalton Schultz finished TE10 that year and Tucker Kraft TE24.

Dalton Schultz had 62 more targets than Tucker Kraft, 106 to 44.

Dalton Schultz had 288 more receiving yards than Tucker Kraft, 777 to 489.

Their snap share this season is the same, 66 percent each.

This season Dalton Schultz holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Dalton Schultz is off in Week 8 and Tucker Kraft in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.3 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.