Start Tyler Higbee or Dalton Schultz? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Tyler Higbee over Dalton Schultz in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Tyler Higbee at 8.5 points and Dalton Schultz at 8.5, a gap of 0.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Tyler Higbee this week yet, so his 8.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (9.4, 9.3 and 6.9); 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 Tyler Higbee yet. His market-based projections were 9.4, 9.3 and 6.9 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 8.5, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

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.

Tyler Higbee and LAR visit ARI on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

ARI allowed 16.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 9th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 56 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against ARI.

By points allowed to the position, Tyler Higbee has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Dalton Schultz is not on the injury report.

Tyler Higbee 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, Tyler Higbee played 64 percent of LAR snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Higbee, Week 6 against ARI: 48 of 58 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 22 yards.

Tyler Higbee, Week 7 against LV: 53 of 72 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Tyler Higbee, Week 8 against LAC: 45 of 54 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 14 yards.

Tyler Higbee, Week 9 against WAS: 60 of 75 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 13 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, Tyler Higbee played 10 games for LAR and scored 71.1 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing TE40.

He caught 25 of 36 targets for 281 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 141 air yards.

He was on the field for 54 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 Tyler Higbee over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Tyler Higbee.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Tyler Higbee.