Practice report
Limited in practice — rest day
Practice: NFL official injury report, week 4 (via nflverse)
Is Dalton Schultz playing this week?
Limited in practiceNo game-day designation has been issued yet. On the official practice report for week 4: Limited in practice, rest day.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 1:00 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:47 PM ET against the ESPN injury report and the NFL's official weekly report (via nflverse). Injury news can change up to kickoff, so confirm with the team close to game time.
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Fantasy football · Week 4
Our own start/sit calls for every player, with a projected score, the range of likely outcomes and the reasons spelled out. Built from usage, matchup, Vegas lines and injuries. How we rank
Start. HOU's offense is expected to score about 26 points, a strong scoring spot.
Why we say start
- Projected 11.2 points, #7 among TEs this week, inside the top 12 we recommend starting.
- HOU's offense is expected to score about 26 points, a strong scoring spot.
- Averaging 8.3 targets a game.
- Played 54% of the offense's snaps last game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 9.4 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~26 pts
- Vegas line
- HOU favored by 3
- Game total
- 48.5
- DAL vs TEs
- 2% more points
- Last game snaps
- 54%
All week 4 tight end rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
30
Height
6'5"
Weight
242 lb
College
Stanford
Experience
8 seasons
Draft
2018 · Pick #137 (DAL)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 31.3?
Schultz's grade is below average mainly because his targets produced less expected points than most tight ends' did, even against easier-than-average defenses. The sample is small, just 25 targets over 3 games, and his week 2 game against Cincinnati was his best.
Holding it back
- EPA per target of +0.135 ranked 17th of 24 tight ends, which pulled the grade down.
- Week 1 vs BUF, 3rd and 9: Stroud's pass to Schultz gained nothing (-1.3 expected points).
- Week 2 vs CIN, 3rd and 11: deep right pass to Schultz fell incomplete (-1.1 expected points).
Written by StatGrades AI from this season's play-by-play through week 3. It explains what happened; a grade isn't a forecast (what grades do and don't predict).
EPA / play
0.160
Success rate
48%
WPA (sum)
0.10
Opponent adj.
-0.023
Plays graded
25
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 2 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Separation | Cushion | YAC above exp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.4 | 6.0 | -1.6 |
| 2 | 3.9 | 7.8 | +0.2 |
What do these mean?
- Separation:
- Average distance from the nearest defender at the moment of the catch.
- Cushion:
- Average distance from the nearest defender at the snap.
- YAC above exp:
- Yards after catch above what the situation would be expected to produce.
- YAC / rec:
- Average yards after the catch per reception.
- Expected YAC:
- Expected yards after the catch, based on tracking data.
- Air yards share:
- Share of the team's intended air yards that were thrown toward this player.
- Intended air yds:
- Average depth of the targets thrown his way.
- Catch %:
- Receptions divided by targets.
Next Gen Stats data via nflverse (CC BY 4.0). Updated after games are final, not live, and covers QB, RB, WR and TE.