Too close to call: Kyle Pitts Sr. (8.6) and Dalton Schultz (8.4) project within 0.2 PPR points of each other in Week 7, and Kyle Pitts Sr. faces the 4th-toughest defense against TEs.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Kyle Pitts Sr. TE · ATL | Dalton Schultz TE · HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 8.6 | 8.4 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 6.9 | 8.3 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 9.8 | 8.6 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs SF | vs NYG |
| Opponent vs. position | 4th-toughest (9.4 pts/g allowed) | 16th-toughest (12.7 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 19% target share (last 3) | 13% target share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | TE |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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It is a coin flip. Kyle Pitts Sr. projects for 8.6 PPR points and Dalton Schultz for 8.4, within 0.2 of each other.
Break the tie with the floor if you are favored this week, and with the ceiling if you need a big game to win.
They are projected almost level: 8.6 PPR points for Kyle Pitts Sr. and 8.4 for Dalton Schultz.
The sources range from 6.9 to 9.8 for Pitts Sr. and from 8.3 to 8.6 for Schultz. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Dalton Schultz is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Schultz at 8.3 PPR points, against 6.9 for Kyle Pitts Sr..
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Kyle Pitts Sr. has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Pitts Sr. at 9.8 PPR points, against 8.6 for Dalton Schultz.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Kyle Pitts Sr. plays SF and Dalton Schultz plays NYG in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Pitts Sr. faces the 4th-toughest defense against TEs and Schultz faces the 16th-toughest defense against TEs, so Dalton Schultz has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Kyle Pitts Sr. has drawn 19% of his team's targets, and Dalton Schultz 13% of his team's targets.
Kyle Pitts Sr. has the bigger role, and volume is the steadiest thing a projection rests on.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Kyle Pitts Sr..
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Kyle Pitts Sr. nor Dalton Schultz has an injury designation for Week 7.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Kyle Pitts Sr. is projected by 4 of them and Dalton Schultz by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.