Should I start Juwan Johnson or Greg Dulcich in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Juwan Johnson, and the board ranks him 137th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Juwan Johnson is 1.9 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Juwan Johnson has been on the field for 66 percent of NO snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 2 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 4.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against MIN he caught 4 of 5 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

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

In Week 7 against PIT he caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Juwan Johnson played 17 games and scored 179.9 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing TE8.

He caught 77 of 102 targets for 889 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 12 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 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.

Juwan Johnson was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Juwan Johnson scored 10.6 PPR points a game and Greg Dulcich 6.3, 4.3 a game between them.

Juwan Johnson finished TE8 that year and Greg Dulcich TE43.

Juwan Johnson had 69 more targets than Greg Dulcich, 102 to 33.

Juwan Johnson had 554 more receiving yards than Greg Dulcich, 889 to 335.

This season Greg Dulcich holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 66 percent.

This season Greg Dulcich holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

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