Should I start Dalton Schultz or Greg Dulcich in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Schultz, and the board ranks him 127th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Greg Dulcich, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Dalton Schultz is 2.0 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 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.

Dalton Schultz's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Dalton Schultz has been on the field for 58 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 1 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 43 targets have averaged 5.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against TEN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against JAX he caught 4 of 6 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYG he caught 5 of 6 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Dalton Schultz played 17 games and scored 177.7 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE10.

He caught 82 of 106 targets for 777 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 10 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 72 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Dalton Schultz was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Dalton Schultz scored 10.5 PPR points a game and Greg Dulcich 6.3, 4.2 a game between them.

Dalton Schultz finished TE10 that year and Greg Dulcich TE43.

Dalton Schultz had 73 more targets than Greg Dulcich, 106 to 33.

Dalton Schultz had 442 more receiving yards than Greg Dulcich, 777 to 335.

This season Greg Dulcich holds the bigger snap share, 67 percent against 58 percent.

This season Dalton Schultz holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Dalton Schultz is off in Week 8 and Greg Dulcich in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.