Luke Schoonmaker TE

DAL · Questionable — Groin — Week 8 vs ARI, who allow the 6th-most points to TEs — recently Colby Parkinson put up 9.1 on them (W6), Evan Engram put up 0.2 on them (W7).

Should you start Luke Schoonmaker this week?

Luke Schoonmaker projects 1.5 PPR points in week 8 vs ARI — the 6th-ranked matchup for TEs, averaging 2 over his last three. Start him if that clears your other options at TE — run the exact head-to-head in Start/Sit below, or jump straight to a comparison.

The week 8 angle vs ARI: 243.7 passing yards a game allowed (8.49/attempt) · 2.4 TDs/gm through the air · 0.5 INTs/gm — all of it adding up to the 6th-most fantasy points allowed to TEs. Receipts and the full profile: how ARI defends TEs, linked under The matchup below.

· No usage trend on file
Week 5 vs TB: 1.9 pts · 1 tgt · 5 snaps
Trend reads volume — snaps, targets and carries — not fantasy points, which swing on touchdowns.
Week 8 proj
1.5
PPR · 0.9 std
Matchup
6th
ARI vs TEs
Form
2
PPR pts/gm, last 3 played

What Vegas expects (week 8): 9% anytime-TD — de-vigged sportsbook consensus, shown for information; we take no bets.

Usage & TD luck (2026 · 3 games): 16.7% offensive snaps · 1 targets/game, 2.7% target share · 2.5% air-yard share (aDOT 7.7) · 1 catches for 10 yards/game, 0 TD. 2025 baseline (14 games): 32.9% offensive snaps, 1.6 targets/game, 4.6% target share, 4% air-yard share (aDOT 7.2), 1 catches for 9.4 yards/game, 0 TD. (2025) TD luck: 0 scored vs 0.6 expected — neutral. Usage moves before production — snaps and share shifts are the earliest real signal.

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Upcoming schedule & projections

WkOppStd½ PPRPPRMatchup
W8vs ARI Sun, Nov 1 0.91.21.5 6th · soft
W9@ IND Sun, Nov 8 0.71.01.3 10th
W10vs SF Sun, Nov 15 0.70.91.2 26th · tough
W11vs TEN Sun, Nov 22 0.81.11.4 24th
W12vs PHI Thu, Nov 26 0.70.91.2 25th · tough
W13@ SEA Mon, Dec 7 0.60.91.2 30th · tough
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The matchup

Game log

WkOppStd½ PPRPPR
W5TB1/1 rec, 9 yd 0.91.41.9
W3BAL1/1 rec, 9 yd 0.91.41.9
W1NYG1/1 rec, 12 yd 1.21.72.2
All numbers are the 2026 season, refreshed nightly. Matchup ranks read 1–32, where 1st allows the most points to the position — the matchup you want.