Start Dalton Schultz or Tyler Higbee? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Dalton Schultz over Tyler Higbee in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Dalton Schultz at 9.5 points and Tyler Higbee at 7.7, a gap of 1.9. 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 Tyler Higbee this week yet, so his 7.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (8.2 and 7.1); 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 Tyler Higbee yet. His market-based projections were 8.2 and 7.1 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 7.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Dalton Schultz 1.9 points ahead of Tyler Higbee 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.

Tyler Higbee and LAR visit LV on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LV allowed 18.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 6th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 57 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against LV.

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 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, Tyler Higbee played 53 percent of LAR snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Higbee, Week 3 against DEN: 61 of 86 snaps, 11 targets and 8 catches for 62 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tyler Higbee, Week 4 against PHI: 55 of 84 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 67 yards.

Tyler Higbee, Week 5 against BUF: 55 of 82 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 83 yards.

Tyler Higbee, Week 6 against ARI: 4 targets and 4 catches for 22 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 7 calls

• Start Dalton Schultz over AJ Barner.
• Start Dalton Schultz over Cade Otton.
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Tyler Higbee over AJ Barner.
• Start Cade Otton over Tyler Higbee.
• Start Tyler Higbee over Darnell Washington.