Dalton Schultz

Week 3 at Minnesota Vikings

While Dalton Schultz is the clear TE1 in Houston, he's actually currently fourth on the team in targets, behind Nico Collins, Stefon Diggs, and Joe Mixon. Mixon may not play this week due to an ankle injury so that could open up some targets for Schultz, but likely not enough to vault him into TE1 territory. He has upside, but it's best to keep him as a TE2 for now against a tough Vikings defense.

Fantasy Upside

The Texans brought back Dalton Schultz this offseason following his 59-635-5 season (on 88 targets). Only Nico Collins (109) saw more targets last season than Schultz. He also did so while missing two games with an injury. Houston is now paying Schulyz $12 million per year. He's going to be involved in the offense and should work quite well in the middle of the field with Nico Collins, Tank Dell, and Stefon Diggs on the outside.

Fantasy Downside

As our John Paulsen notes, Schultz saw four or fewer targets in six of his 15 games played. He also had six games where he caught two or fewer passes, including two games with just one catch. With all the mouths to feed in the passing game, there will be weeks where Schultz is very quiet.

2024 Bottom Line

Schultz will post low-end TE1 numbers at the cost of about TE15. He'll see more of the passing snaps at the position. Brevin Jordan and Cade Stover aren't likely to dig too much into Schultz's production.

Week 16 vs. Cleveland Browns

Dalton Schultz returned last week after missing two games with a hamstring injury. He caught four passes for 58 yards but didn't see his first of five targets until the second half. Houston started focusing on the run quite a bit with Case Keenum so Schultz's fantasy ceiling could be low as long as he is quarterback, though C.J. Stroud could return. In a tough matchup against the Browns, Schultz is a borderline TE2 this week.