Start Pat Freiermuth or Dalton Schultz? Week 7

Updated Oct 19, 2:16 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

Early kickoff: 9:30 AM ET, set your lineup before then.

Start Dalton Schultz over Pat Freiermuth

Start

Dalton Schultz

TE · HOU · vs NYG

Market projects: 9.5; recent weeks avg
NYG D vs TE: 14.2; 15th most to TEs (2026)
Snap share: 58%; Through Week 6
Target share: 18%; Through Week 6

Sit

Pat Freiermuth

TE · PIT · at NO

Market projects: 7.0; recent weeks avg
NO D vs TE: 16.7; 7th most to TEs (2026)
Snap share: 69%; Through Week 6
Target share: 13%; Through Week 6

Should I drop Pat Freiermuth for Dalton Schultz?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Dalton Schultz projects 90 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.0 a game over 10 games), Pat Freiermuth 82 (8.2 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Dalton Schultz over Pat Freiermuth.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Dalton Schultz over Pat Freiermuth in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Dalton Schultz at 9.5 points and Pat Freiermuth at 7.0, a gap of 2.5. 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. No player market is posted for Pat Freiermuth this week yet, so his 7.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (6.4 and 7.7); 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 Pat Freiermuth yet. His market-based projections were 6.4 and 7.7 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 7.1, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Dalton Schultz 2.5 points ahead of Pat Freiermuth 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.

Pat Freiermuth and PIT visit NO on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

NO allowed 16.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 7th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 71 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against NO.

By points allowed to the position, Pat Freiermuth has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Dalton Schultz is not on the injury report.

Pat Freiermuth 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, Pat Freiermuth played 69 percent of PIT snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 3 against CIN: 37 of 62 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 30 yards.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 4 against CLE: 54 of 72 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 17 yards, 1 touchdown.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 5 against IND: 41 of 60 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 7 targets and 5 catches for 44 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 6 against TB: 3 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, Pat Freiermuth played 17 games for PIT and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.

He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 231 air yards.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Pat Freiermuth for Dalton Schultz?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Dalton Schultz projects 90 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.0 a game over 10 games), Pat Freiermuth 82 (8.2 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Dalton Schultz over Pat Freiermuth.
Should I drop Dalton Schultz for Pat Freiermuth?
No. Keep Dalton Schultz: he projects 90 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.0 a game over 10 games), Pat Freiermuth 82 (8.2 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Dalton Schultz over Pat Freiermuth.