Should I start Dalton Schultz or Tyler Allgeier in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Schultz, and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Allgeier, and the board ranks him 119th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Dalton Schultz is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Tyler Allgeier is 3.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Dalton Schultz's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Dalton Schultz has been on the field for 56 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 1 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 12 of its 51 two minute targets.

His 47 targets have averaged 6.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against JAX he caught 4 of 6 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYG he caught 5 of 6 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LAC he caught 2 of 4 targets for 42 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Tyler Allgeier has been on the field for 55 percent of ARI snaps, taken 40 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 95 third down targets, had 5 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 58 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against DEN he carried 8 times for 19 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DAL he carried 11 times for 147 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 44 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 9 against SEA he carried 17 times for 46 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 0 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 10 yards a catch.

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

In 2025 Tyler Allgeier played 17 games and scored 123.0 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing RB39.

He carried 143 times for 514 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 96 more yards.

That came to 8.4 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 0.8 catches a game.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Dalton Schultz scored 10.5 PPR points a game and Tyler Allgeier 7.2, 3.2 a game between them.

Dalton Schultz finished TE10 and Tyler Allgeier RB39, which are two different ladders.

Dalton Schultz is a tight end and Tyler Allgeier a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Dalton Schultz is off in Week 8 and Tyler Allgeier in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.