Cade Otton vs Dalton Schultz: Who Should You Start?
Two tight ends who will land on plenty of the same rosters in 2026. Cade Otton (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) finished the 2025 season averaging 5.8 fantasy points per game in 16 games. Dalton Schultz (Houston Texans) came in at 8.0 PPG over 17 games. The gap is real but not insurmountable with the right matchup.
Dalton Schultz carries a 2.2-point PPG advantage from the 2025 season. That baseline matters, but it is one input among several. Matchup difficulty, scoring trends, and injury reports move the needle week to week, which is why the best answer changes depending on when you are asking.
Dalton Schultz is the volume tight end in this matchup with 82 receptions for 777 yards, while Cade Otton profiles as a more touchdown-dependent spike play (1 scores on 59 catches). In weeks where Cade Otton finds the end zone he out-scores Dalton Schultz, but the floor gap is real.
Cade Otton has his bye in Week 11, and Dalton Schultz rests in Week 14. Managers rostering both need waiver wire depth at tight end for those two weeks, and that is exactly the kind of planning DraftCall's matchup engine surfaces automatically so you are not scrambling on a Sunday morning.
