Start Mark Andrews or Dalton Schultz? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Mark Andrews over Dalton Schultz in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Mark Andrews at 8.7 points and Dalton Schultz at 9.5, a gap of 0.9. 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 8.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (9.2 and 8.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Dalton Schultz this week yet, so his 9.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (9.7 and 9.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Dalton Schultz yet. His market-based projections were 9.7 and 9.3 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 9.5, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Mark Andrews yet. His market-based projections were 9.2 and 8.2 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 8.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Dalton Schultz 0.9 points ahead of Mark Andrews on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Dalton Schultz and HOU host NYG on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYG allowed 14.2 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 15th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 52 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against NYG.

Mark Andrews and BAL host CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CIN allowed 16.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 8th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 90 yards and no touchdowns a game against CIN.

By points allowed to the position, Mark Andrews 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 7

Through Week 6, Dalton Schultz played 58 percent of HOU snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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.

Through Week 6, Mark Andrews played 65 percent of BAL snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Mark Andrews, Week 3 against DAL: 33 of 64 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 24 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 4 against TEN: 37 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 27 yards, 1 touchdown.

Mark Andrews, Week 5 against ATL: 55 of 76 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 28 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 6 against CLE: 3 targets and 1 catch for 4 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 7 calls

• Start Dalton Schultz over AJ Barner.
• Start Dalton Schultz over Cade Otton.
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Mark Andrews over AJ Barner.
• Start Mark Andrews over Cade Otton.
• Start Mark Andrews over Greg Dulcich.