What You Need to Know:

• Schultz finished 10th among TEs in PPR points in 2020. He also tied for 9th at the position in targets.
• Schultz’s 6.6 career average depth target sits notably short of Blake Jarwin’s 9.0 and points to the key difference in their skill sets.
• In their 2 shared seasons before Jarwin’s 2020 ACL tear, Schultz trailed Jarwin 77-19 in targets.
• Pro Football Focus ranked Schultz 33rd in receiving grade among 55 TEs with 20+ targets last year.
• Football Outsiders rated him 35th in DYAR and DVOA among 49 qualifying TEs. In each category, Schultz’s performance rated below the replacement/average level that serves as the measuring mark.
• Jarwin appears on track for the start of training camp.

Draft Sharks Bottom Line:

We’ll be watching this summer to see if Schultz and Blake Jarwin are competing for Dallas’ top TE spot. But Jarwin’s heading into the 2nd season of a 4-year deal that averages $5.5 million per year. He’s the much bigger downfield threat and opened 2020 as the starter ahead of Schultz (after drawing many more targets than Schultz as the #2 TE over the previous 2 seasons). As long as Jarwin stays healthy through camp and preseason, we’re betting on him to reclaim the TE target lead in Dallas. That would render Schultz a non-factor in fantasy.