Start Tyler Warren or Dalton Schultz? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Tyler Warren over Dalton Schultz in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Tyler Warren at 11.5 points and Dalton Schultz at 9.0, a gap of 2.5. No player market is posted for Tyler Warren this week yet, so his 11.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (13.0 and 10.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Tyler Warren at ADP 67 and Dalton Schultz at 228.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Tyler Warren yet. His market-based projections were 13.0 and 10.1 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 11.5, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

Player markets imply 9.0 fantasy points for Dalton Schultz, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dalton Schultz is 36 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (4, 5 and 7 market sources).

That puts Tyler Warren 2.5 points ahead of Dalton Schultz on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Tyler Warren and IND host DAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DAL allowed 13.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 16th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 51 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against DAL.

Dalton Schultz and HOU visit LAC on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

LAC allowed 10.2 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 52 yards and 0.1 touchdowns a game against LAC.

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

Injury status

Tyler Warren is not on the injury report.

Dalton Schultz is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Tyler Warren played 88 percent of IND snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Warren, Week 3 against HOU: 67 of 71 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 10 targets and 9 catches for 55 yards.

Tyler Warren, Week 4 against WAS: 56 of 66 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 41 yards.

Tyler Warren, Week 5 against PIT: 67 of 71 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 9 targets and 7 catches for 83 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tyler Warren, Week 8 against JAX: 44 of 61 snaps, 10 targets and 4 catches for 18 yards.

Through Week 7, Dalton Schultz played 58 percent of HOU snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Dalton Schultz, Week 7 against NYG: 35 of 61 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 45 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tyler Warren played 17 games for IND and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.

He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets and 343 air yards.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Tyler Warren over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Tyler Warren.
• Start Colston Loveland over Tyler Warren.
• Start Dalton Schultz over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Dalton Schultz over Cade Otton.