Greg Dulcich or AJ Barner: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Greg Dulcich: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 135th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on AJ Barner: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 136th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Greg Dulcich at 6.9 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 3 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a tight end's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price AJ Barner at 6.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 122nd highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Greg Dulcich's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Greg Dulcich has been on the field for 66 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

In Week 2 against SF he caught 2 of 3 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against KC he caught 5 of 7 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIN he was not given the ball.

Through Week 4, AJ Barner has been on the field for 87 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 3 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 2.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against ARI he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against WAS he caught 5 of 9 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Greg Dulcich played 10 games and scored 62.8 PPR points, 6.3 a game, finishing TE43.

He caught 26 of 33 targets for 335 yards and 1 touchdown, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 79 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 AJ Barner played 17 games and scored 147.3 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE14.

He caught 52 of 68 targets for 519 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

AJ Barner was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 AJ Barner scored 8.7 PPR points a game and Greg Dulcich 6.3, 2.4 a game between them.

Greg Dulcich finished TE43 that year and AJ Barner TE14.

AJ Barner had 35 more targets than Greg Dulcich, 68 to 33.

AJ Barner had 184 more receiving yards than Greg Dulcich, 519 to 335.

This season AJ Barner holds the bigger snap share, 87 percent against 66 percent.

This season AJ Barner holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 12 percent.

What would change the answer

Greg Dulcich is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.