Start Dalton Schultz or Colston Loveland? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Dalton Schultz over Colston Loveland in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Dalton Schultz at 10.0 points and Colston Loveland at 9.1, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.0 fantasy points for Dalton Schultz, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Dalton Schultz at 37.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 27% chance to score a touchdown (10, 5 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.1 fantasy points for Colston Loveland, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Colston Loveland at 36.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 26% chance to score a touchdown (13, 10 and 15 market sources).

That puts Dalton Schultz 0.9 points ahead of Colston Loveland on the market projections.

Week 5 matchups

Colston Loveland and CHI visit GB on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

GB allowed 10.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 4 games, the 13th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 33 yards and 0.5 touchdowns a game against GB.

Injury status

Dalton Schultz is not on the injury report.

Colston Loveland is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Dalton Schultz played 63 percent of HOU snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Dalton Schultz, Week 1 against BUF: 52 of 79 snaps, 8 targets and 4 catches for 35 yards.

Dalton Schultz, Week 2 against CIN: 54 of 80 snaps, 14 targets and 12 catches for 140 yards.

Dalton Schultz, Week 3 against IND: 29 of 54 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 30 yards.

Dalton Schultz, Week 4 against DAL: 35 of 55 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

Through Week 4, Colston Loveland played 87 percent of CHI snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Colston Loveland, Week 1 against CAR: 65 of 75 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Colston Loveland, Week 2 against MIN: 64 of 74 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Colston Loveland, Week 3 against PHI: 57 of 72 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 31 yards.

Colston Loveland, Week 4 against NYJ: 86 of 93 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 57 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Colston Loveland played 16 games for CHI and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.

He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 463 air yards.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Dalton Schultz over Brenton Strange.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Colston Loveland over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Colston Loveland.
• Start Brock Bowers over Colston Loveland.