Start Dalton Schultz or Darnell Washington? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Dalton Schultz over Darnell Washington in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Dalton Schultz at 8.5 points and Darnell Washington at 7.2, a gap of 1.3. 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 8.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 9 (8.1 and 8.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Dalton Schultz yet. His market-based projections were 8.1 and 8.9 points in Weeks 7 and 9, an average of 8.5, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

Player markets imply 7.2 fantasy points for Darnell Washington, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Darnell Washington is 28 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (10, 10 and 11 market sources).

That puts Dalton Schultz 1.3 points ahead of Darnell Washington on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Dalton Schultz and HOU visit CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 14.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 9 games, the 10th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 58 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against CLE.

Darnell Washington and PIT visit CIN on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

CIN allowed 16.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 7th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 89 yards and no touchdowns a game against CIN.

By points allowed to the position, Darnell Washington has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Dalton Schultz is not on the injury report.

Darnell Washington is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Dalton Schultz played 56 percent of HOU snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Dalton Schultz, Week 9 against LAC: 31 of 70 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 42 yards.

Through Week 8, Darnell Washington played 65 percent of PIT snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Darnell Washington, Week 5 against IND: 38 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Darnell Washington, Week 6 against TB: 56 of 79 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 25 yards, 1 touchdown.

Darnell Washington, Week 7 against NO: 36 of 64 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards, 1 touchdown.

Darnell Washington, Week 8 against CLE: 37 of 59 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 94 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, Darnell Washington played 16 games for PIT and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets and 135 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Dalton Schultz over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Dalton Schultz.
• Start AJ Barner over Darnell Washington.
• Start Darnell Washington over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Darnell Washington over Darren Waller.