Start Brenton Strange or Dalton Schultz? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 3:06 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Brenton Strange over Dalton Schultz
- Market projects
- 8.9
- fantasy pts
- BAL D vs TE
- 12.3
- 13th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 79%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 18%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 8.0
- recent weeks avg
- LAC D vs TE
- 11.1
- 10th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 58%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 19%
- Through Week 7
Should I drop Dalton Schultz for Brenton Strange?
Not on these numbers alone. Dalton Schultz projects 77 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.6 a game over 9 games) and Brenton Strange 79 (8.8 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Brenton Strange over Dalton Schultz.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Brenton Strange over Dalton Schultz in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Brenton Strange at 8.9 points and Dalton Schultz at 8.0, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Dalton Schultz this week yet, so his 8.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (7.9 and 8.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Brenton Strange at ADP 202 and Dalton Schultz at 228.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 8.9 fantasy points for Brenton Strange, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.
The market-based projection for Brenton Strange is 35 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (12, 11 and 11 market sources).
No Week 9 player market is posted for Dalton Schultz yet. His market-based projections were 7.9 and 8.1 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 8.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
That puts Brenton Strange 0.8 points ahead of Dalton Schultz on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Brenton Strange and JAX visit BAL on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.
BAL allowed 12.3 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 13th fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 39 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against BAL.
Dalton Schultz and HOU visit LAC on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.
LAC allowed 11.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 10th fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 58 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against LAC.
By points allowed to the position, Brenton Strange has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Brenton Strange is not on the injury report.
Dalton Schultz is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Brenton Strange played 79 percent of JAX snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.
Brenton Strange, Week 4 against CIN: 53 of 61 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 95 yards.
Brenton Strange, Week 5 against PHI: 58 of 72 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 68 yards.
Brenton Strange, Week 6 against HOU: 54 of 71 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 44 yards.
Brenton Strange, Week 8 against IND: 2 targets and 2 catches for 55 yards.
Through Week 7, Dalton Schultz played 58 percent of HOU snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
Dalton Schultz, Week 4 against DAL: 35 of 55 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.
Dalton Schultz, Week 5 against TEN: 34 of 66 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 30 yards.
Dalton Schultz, Week 6 against JAX: 25 of 63 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards.
Dalton Schultz, Week 7 against NYG: 35 of 61 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 45 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Brenton Strange played 12 games for JAX and scored 118.0 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing TE23.
He caught 46 of 60 targets for 540 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 293 air yards.
He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Dalton Schultz played 17 games for HOU 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 and 419 air yards.
He was on the field for 72 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Dalton Schultz for Brenton Strange?
Not on these numbers alone. Dalton Schultz projects 77 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.6 a game over 9 games) and Brenton Strange 79 (8.8 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Brenton Strange over Dalton Schultz.
Should I drop Brenton Strange for Dalton Schultz?
Not on these numbers alone. Brenton Strange projects 79 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (8.8 a game over 9 games) and Dalton Schultz 77 (8.6 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Brenton Strange over Dalton Schultz.
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Week 9 on the board
- Is Brenton Strange playing Week 9?
- Is Dalton Schultz playing Week 9?
- Jaguars depth chart
- Texans depth chart
- Week 9 TE rankings
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- Week 9 start or sit
- Week 9 waiver wire
- Week 9 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 9
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- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 9 kicker rankings
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