Should I start Greg Dulcich or Pat Freiermuth in Week 8?

The market-based projections

Greg Dulcich's market-based projection is 7.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 103rd highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Pat Freiermuth's market-based projection is 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 112th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Greg Dulcich, and the board ranks him 102nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pat Freiermuth, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Greg Dulcich has been on the field for 67 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 6.4 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against NYJ he caught 5 of 5 targets for 86 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Pat Freiermuth has been on the field for 67 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 2 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

In Week 5 against IND he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 5 of 7 targets for 44 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 2 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NO he caught 2 of 4 targets for 20 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 Pat Freiermuth played 17 games and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.

He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Pat Freiermuth was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Pat Freiermuth scored 6.7 PPR points a game and Greg Dulcich 6.3, 0.4 a game between them.

Greg Dulcich finished TE43 that year and Pat Freiermuth TE25.

Pat Freiermuth had 21 more targets than Greg Dulcich, 54 to 33.

Pat Freiermuth had 151 more receiving yards than Greg Dulcich, 486 to 335.

Their snap share this season is the same, 67 percent each.

This season Greg Dulcich holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Greg Dulcich is off in Week 6 and Pat Freiermuth in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Greg Dulcich is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

1.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.