Start Kenyon Sadiq or Dalton Schultz? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Kenyon Sadiq over Dalton Schultz
Right: 11.4 to 7.5- TEN D vs TE
- 14.6
- 12th most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 42%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 13%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 11.4
- PPR pts
- Books imply
- 4.9
- fantasy pts
- BUF D vs TE
- 14.4
- 13th most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 66%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 22%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 7.5
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Kenyon Sadiq over Dalton Schultz in Week 1.
Dalton Schultz is priced by the books at 4.9 projected points and Kenyon Sadiq is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Kenyon Sadiq at ADP 207 and Dalton Schultz at 224.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Kenyon Sadiq in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 4.9 fantasy points for Dalton Schultz, with 70 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.
Week 1 matchups
Kenyon Sadiq and NYJ visit TEN.
TEN allowed 14.6 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 12th most in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 23 yards and no touchdowns against TEN.
Dalton Schultz and HOU host BUF on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
BUF allowed 14.4 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 13th most in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 64 yards and no touchdowns against BUF.
By points allowed to the position, Kenyon Sadiq has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Kenyon Sadiq was listed as questionable when the call was made.
Dalton Schultz was not on the injury report when the call was made.
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.
Dalton Schultz, Week 18 of 2025 against IND: 4 targets and 4 catches for 73 yards, 11.3 PPR points.
Dalton Schultz, Week 17 of 2025 against LAC: 51 of 65 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 19 yards, 4.9 PPR points.
Dalton Schultz, Week 16 of 2025 against LV: 46 of 65 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 35 yards, 1 touchdown, 14.5 PPR points.
How Week 1 went
Kenyon Sadiq scored 11.4 PPR points and Dalton Schultz scored 7.5.
The call was right: Kenyon Sadiq outscored Dalton Schultz by 3.9.
Kenyon Sadiq, Week 1 against TEN: 28 of 67 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 21 yards, 1 touchdown, 11.4 PPR points.
Kenyon Sadiq finished as the week's TE12 in PPR scoring.
Dalton Schultz finished 2.6 points above the 4.9 the props implied.
Dalton Schultz, Week 1 against BUF: 52 of 79 snaps, 8 targets and 4 catches for 35 yards, 7.5 PPR points.
Dalton Schultz finished as the week's TE21 in PPR scoring.
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