Start Mark Andrews or Dalton Schultz? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Mark Andrews over Dalton Schultz in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Mark Andrews at 7.4 points and Dalton Schultz at 8.5, a gap of 1.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Mark Andrews still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 137 against 228, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Mark Andrews this week yet, so his 7.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (8.3, 8.3 and 5.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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.

No Week 10 player market is posted for Mark Andrews yet. His market-based projections were 8.3, 8.4 and 5.5 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 7.4, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Dalton Schultz 1.1 points ahead of Mark Andrews 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.

Mark Andrews and BAL host LAC on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

LAC allowed 9.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 51 yards and 0.1 touchdowns a game against LAC.

By points allowed to the position, Dalton Schultz has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Dalton Schultz is not on the injury report.

Mark Andrews 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 9, Mark Andrews played 63 percent of BAL snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Mark Andrews, Week 6 against CLE: 41 of 57 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 7 against CIN: 38 of 67 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 23 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 8 against BUF: 29 of 51 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 14 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 9 against JAX: 32 of 56 snaps, 2 carries for 0 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 19 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, Mark Andrews played 17 games for BAL and scored 131.0 PPR points, 7.7 a game, finishing TE16.

He caught 48 of 70 targets for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 321 air yards.

He was on the field for 62 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 Mark Andrews over AJ Barner.
• Start Mark Andrews over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Mark Andrews over Colby Parkinson.