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Should I start Greg Dulcich or Dontayvion Wicks in Week 9?

Updated Nov 3, 4:01 AM ET.

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  • : Dontayvion Wicks: Questionable to Out (Ankle) (Sleeper injury feed)
  • : Greg Dulcich: Listed Questionable (Ankle) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Dontayvion Wicks: 79 percent of the snaps and 16 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Greg Dulcich's 65 percent of the snaps and 16 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Dontayvion Wicks for Greg Dulcich?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Greg Dulcich projects 57 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 9 games), Dontayvion Wicks 12 (1.5 a game over 8 games). Dontayvion Wicks is listed out.

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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

WR55 · PHI · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Overall rank
140

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The gap

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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 Dontayvion Wicks, and the board ranks him 140th 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 Dontayvion Wicks is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver'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 so far

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 6, Dontayvion Wicks has been on the field for 79 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 13.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 5 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against JAX he caught 5 of 8 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 2 of 4 targets for 24 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 Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.

He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dontayvion Wicks was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Greg Dulcich scored 6.3 PPR points a game and Dontayvion Wicks 5.4, 0.9 a game between them.

Greg Dulcich finished TE43 and Dontayvion Wicks WR83, which are two different ladders.

Greg Dulcich is a tight end and Dontayvion Wicks a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Greg Dulcich is off in Week 6 and Dontayvion Wicks in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Dontayvion Wicks is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Dontayvion Wicks for Greg Dulcich?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Greg Dulcich projects 57 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 9 games), Dontayvion Wicks 12 (1.5 a game over 8 games). Dontayvion Wicks is listed out.

  • Should I drop Greg Dulcich for Dontayvion Wicks?

    No. Keep Greg Dulcich: he projects 57 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 9 games), Dontayvion Wicks 12 (1.5 a game over 8 games). Dontayvion Wicks is listed out.

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