Start Mike Gesicki or Dalton Schultz? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Dalton Schultz over Mike Gesicki in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Dalton Schultz at 8.5 points and Mike Gesicki at 7.0, a gap of 1.5. 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 7.0 fantasy points for Mike Gesicki, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Mike Gesicki is 24 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (10, 10 and 11 market sources).

That puts Dalton Schultz 1.5 points ahead of Mike Gesicki 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.

Mike Gesicki and CIN host PIT on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

PIT allowed 12.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 13th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 57 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against PIT.

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

Injury status

Dalton Schultz is not on the injury report.

Mike Gesicki 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, Mike Gesicki played 48 percent of CIN snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Mike Gesicki, Week 5 against MIA: 29 of 65 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards, 1 touchdown.

Mike Gesicki, Week 7 against BAL: 20 of 53 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

Mike Gesicki, Week 8 against TEN: 50 of 74 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 76 yards, 1 touchdown.

Mike Gesicki, Week 9 against ATL: 27 of 57 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 11 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, Mike Gesicki played 13 games for CIN and scored 70.7 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing TE41.

He caught 28 of 42 targets for 307 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 244 air yards.

He was on the field for 38 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 Mike Gesicki.
• Start Mike Gesicki over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Darnell Washington over Mike Gesicki.