Should I start Darren Waller or Greg Dulcich in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darren Waller, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Greg Dulcich, and the board ranks him 162nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Darren Waller is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. 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 1.4 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Darren Waller has been on the field for 46 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 8.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 5 of 8 targets for 51 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 3 of 6 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Greg Dulcich has been on the field for 68 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 6.2 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against CIN he caught 4 of 5 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Darren Waller played 9 games and scored 88.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing TE33.

He caught 24 of 34 targets for 283 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 45 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.

Greg Dulcich was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Darren Waller scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Greg Dulcich 6.3, 3.6 a game between them.

Darren Waller finished TE33 that year and Greg Dulcich TE43.

Darren Waller had 1 more targets than Greg Dulcich, 34 to 33.

Greg Dulcich had 52 more receiving yards than Darren Waller, 335 to 283.

This season Greg Dulcich holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 46 percent.

This season Greg Dulcich holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Darren Waller is off in Week 5 and Greg Dulcich in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.