Dallas Goedert vs Dalton Schultz: Who Should You Start?
Dallas Goedert and Dalton Schultz are both viable fantasy tight ends heading into 2026, but their 2025 production tells two different stories. Dallas Goedert averaged 10.3 PPG across 15 games with the Philadelphia Eagles, while Dalton Schultz posted 8.0 PPG in 17 appearances for the Houston Texans.
A 2.3-PPG gap gives Dallas Goedert the edge on paper, but paper does not account for Thursday night matchups, weather games, or a star defender returning from injury. The real question is not who was better in 2025, but who is the better start this specific week.
Dalton Schultz is the volume tight end in this matchup with 82 receptions for 777 yards, while Dallas Goedert profiles as a more touchdown-dependent spike play (11 scores on 60 catches). In weeks where Dallas Goedert finds the end zone he out-scores Dalton Schultz, but the floor gap is real.
Dallas Goedert has his bye in Week 5, 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.
