Should I start Greg Dulcich or Chig Okonkwo in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 6:51 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
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Week 9 verdict
Start Greg Dulcich over Chig Okonkwo
Dulcich projects lower, 6.6 to 7.5, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 211 for Dulcich, 230 for Okonkwo.
- Market projects
- 6.6
- recent weeks avg
- DET D vs TE
- 29.4
- most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 67%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 16%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 7.5
- recent weeks avg
- LAR D vs TE
- 10.2
- 5th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 65%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 16%
- Through Week 8
Start Greg Dulcich over Chig Okonkwo in Week 9. Dulcich projects lower, 6.6 to 7.5, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 211 for Dulcich, 230 for Okonkwo.
Should I drop Greg Dulcich for Chig Okonkwo?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Chig Okonkwo projects 69 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 9 games), Greg Dulcich 57 (6.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Greg Dulcich over Chig Okonkwo. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
TE26 · MIA · bye 6
2026 vs anytime td line 0-7
- Market-based projection
- 7.5 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 139
TE27 · WAS · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 0-4
- Market-based projection
- 8.4 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 152
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The gap
- Board size297 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Greg Dulcich, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Chig Okonkwo, and the board ranks him 152nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Greg Dulcich is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
The market-based projection for Chig Okonkwo is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Greg Dulcich's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Greg Dulcich has been on the field for 67 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 8 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 26 two minute targets.
His 28 targets have averaged 6.7 air yards.
In Week 5 against CIN he caught 4 of 5 targets for 37 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against NYJ he caught 5 of 5 targets for 86 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against NE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 43 yards and did not score.
Through Week 8, Chig Okonkwo has been on the field for 65 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 3 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 19 two minute targets.
His 24 targets have averaged 7.9 air yards.
In Week 5 against NYG he caught 4 of 6 targets for 60 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against SF he caught 7 of 7 targets for 69 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against PHI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 32 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 Chig Okonkwo played 17 games and scored 124.0 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing TE21.
He caught 56 of 79 targets for 560 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.
That came to 4.6 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 62 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Chig Okonkwo was available for 7 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Chig Okonkwo scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Greg Dulcich 6.3, 1.0 a game between them.
Greg Dulcich finished TE43 that year and Chig Okonkwo TE21.
Chig Okonkwo had 46 more targets than Greg Dulcich, 79 to 33.
Chig Okonkwo had 225 more receiving yards than Greg Dulcich, 560 to 335.
This season Greg Dulcich holds the bigger snap share, 67 percent against 65 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 16 percent each.
Byes and availability
Greg Dulcich is off in Week 6 and Chig Okonkwo in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Greg Dulcich for Chig Okonkwo?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Chig Okonkwo projects 69 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 9 games), Greg Dulcich 57 (6.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Greg Dulcich over Chig Okonkwo. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
Should I drop Chig Okonkwo for Greg Dulcich?
No. Keep Chig Okonkwo: he projects 69 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 9 games), Greg Dulcich 57 (6.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Greg Dulcich over Chig Okonkwo.
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