Should I start Josh Downs or Greg Dulcich in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Downs, and the board ranks him 142nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Greg Dulcich, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Josh Downs 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.

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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Josh Downs has been on the field for 82 percent of IND snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 64 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 51 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against TEN he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIN he caught 2 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against JAX he caught 4 of 5 targets for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Josh Downs played 16 games and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 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.

Josh Downs was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Josh Downs scored 8.5 PPR points a game and Greg Dulcich 6.3, 2.2 a game between them.

Josh Downs finished WR44 and Greg Dulcich TE43, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Josh Downs is off in Week 13 and Greg Dulcich in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.