Should I start Greg Dulcich or Isaiah Likely in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Greg Dulcich, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaiah Likely, and the board ranks him 148th 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 Isaiah Likely is 1.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

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 68 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 7, Isaiah Likely has been on the field for 76 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 2 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 63 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

In Week 5 against WAS he caught 11 of 13 targets for 94 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against NO he caught 6 of 11 targets for 99 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against HOU he caught 2 of 4 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 Isaiah Likely played 14 games and scored 61.7 PPR points, 4.4 a game, finishing TE45.

He caught 27 of 36 targets for 307 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 2.6 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 11.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Isaiah Likely was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Greg Dulcich scored 6.3 PPR points a game and Isaiah Likely 4.4, 1.9 a game between them.

Greg Dulcich finished TE43 that year and Isaiah Likely TE45.

Isaiah Likely had 3 more targets than Greg Dulcich, 36 to 33.

Greg Dulcich had 28 more receiving yards than Isaiah Likely, 335 to 307.

This season Isaiah Likely holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 68 percent.

This season Isaiah Likely holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

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