Luke Schoonmaker
TE
Dallas CowboysQ
- Teammate George Pickens (a top target) is questionable.
A hurt top target or lead back nudges the projection up a little, since their work tends to shift to teammates. QB and offensive-line flags are shown for context but do not change the number.
This is how TEs have played against the Cardinals in the 2026 season.
TE1 = the highest-scoring TE against Cardinals in each game, not a fixed depth-chart spot.
| Wk | Team | Player | Tgt | Rec | ReYd | ReTD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  LAC | David Njoku | 5 | 5 | 58 | 0 | 10.8 |
| 2 |  SEA | AJ Barner | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7.9 |
| 3 |  SF | George Kittle | 7 | 6 | 82 | 2 | 26.2 |
| 4 |  NYG | Isaiah Likely | 12 | 7 | 66 | 0 | 13.6 |
| 5 |  DET | Sam LaPorta | 5 | 5 | 88 | 1 | 19.8 |
| 6 |  LA | Colby Parkinson | 6 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 14.1 |
| 7 |  DEN | Evan Engram | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.2 |
| Average | 5.6 | 4.3 | 47.9 | 0.6 | 13.4 | ||
| Median | 5.0 | 5.0 | 58.0 | 0.0 | 13.6 | ||
| High | 12 | 7 | 88 | 2 | 26.2 | ||
| Low | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.2 | ||
Averages are raw, outliers are never removed.
How Luke Schoonmaker should do vs the CardinalsSeason log, the group you pick, and a projection
Season so far, compared with what the group you pick below has done against the Cardinals, plus a projection for this game.
What is this table?
Rows at the top are every game Luke Schoonmaker has played this season, using the same stat columns as the table above.
Compare against picks which group of Cardinals opponents to line them up with: the best TE they faced in each game (1), the second best (2), the third best (3), or all of the top three. Nobody knows which slot Luke Schoonmaker will land in this week, so this is your call, not a guess.
Cardinals avg is the average line of that group. Difference is that minus Luke Schoonmaker's own average: green means the defense gives that slot more than Luke Schoonmaker usually produces.
Projected is Luke Schoonmaker's recent-weighted average scaled by how generous the Cardinals were to the slot you picked. Change the slot and the projected points change, because each slot has a different matchup adjustment. Picking Top 3 uses the usual-role projection.
| Wk | Opp | Tgt | Rec | ReYd | ReTD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NYG | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2.2 |
| 3 | BAL | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1.9 |
| 5 | TB | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1.9 |
| Schoonmaker avg | 1.0 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| Cardinals TE1 avg | 5.6 | 4.3 | 47.9 | 0.6 | 13.4 | |
| Difference | +4.6 | +3.3 | +37.9 | +0.6 | +11.4 | |
Difference is what the defense allows minus what Schoonmaker averages (green = defense gives up more). Projected stats scale the player's averages by the matchup adjustment, so they are a rough guide.
Prediction & chance to scoreLuke Schoonmaker vs the Cardinals
Prediction for Luke Schoonmaker
Nobody knows which slot Luke Schoonmaker will land in this week, so pick the one you expect. The projection changes because each slot faces a different average from the Cardinals.
I predict about 2.3 points for Luke Schoonmaker if playing as a TE1. Luke Schoonmaker has averaged 2.0 over 3 games, and the Cardinals have given up 13.4 to TE1s (+27% vs the league average of 10.5).
How this projection is built
1. The player. Luke Schoonmaker scored: Wk 1 2.2, Wk 3 1.9, Wk 5 1.9. Average 2.0; weighted toward recent games it is 2.0.
2. The defense. Over 7 games, the Cardinals allowed 13.4 points to their opponent's TE1. The league average for that slot is 10.5, so that is +27%.
3. Trusting small samples less. With 7 defensive games, only 70% of the gap is applied, capped at +/-30%. That gives a +19% adjustment (x1.19).
4. Result. 2.0 x 1.19 = 2.3. Switching slots only changes step 2 and 3: the player's own numbers stay the same, but each slot faces a different defensive average.
It is a statistical model, not knowledge of injuries, game script or weather.
Chance to score
Type a point total to see how likely Luke Schoonmaker is to reach it as a TE1.
Why this percentage?
The projection (2.3) is the middle of the range. Fantasy scores swing a lot from game to game, so the model spreads possible scores around it by about 0.9 points, leaning on Luke Schoonmaker's own game-to-game swings once there are several games (and on typical TE swings before that).
Scores are modelled as right-skewed, since a big game is possible but a very negative one is not. The percentage is the share of that spread at or above 2.
With only 3 games of history, treat this as a rough gauge. It gets sharper as the season goes on. It is never lower than 1% or higher than 99%.
InsightsPlain-English takeaways from the table
- TE1s have averaged 4.3 receptions, 47.9 receiving yards and 0.6 receiving TDs against the Cardinals across 7 games.
- The Cardinals allow 13.4 PPR points to TE1s, +27% versus the league average of 10.5 (ranked 5 of 32, where 1 is most generous). That is a favorable matchup.
- Outlier: Week 7, Evan Engram (1.2 pts, 1 rec, 2 yds) sits far below the other games and drags the averages down. Average with it vs without it: pts 13.4 vs 15.4; rec 4.3 vs 4.8; yds 47.9 vs 55.5. The table above keeps the raw averages.
- Outlier: Week 3, George Kittle (26.2 pts, 82 yds) sits far above the other games and pulls the averages up. Average with it vs without it: pts 13.4 vs 11.2; yds 47.9 vs 42.2. The table above keeps the raw averages.
- 6 of 7 games reached 7+ PPR points. Scores range from 1.2 to 26.2 (median 13.6).
- TE1s scored a touchdown in 4 of 7 games (57%).
Insights are generated by rules from the table above and recalculate every week.