Should I start Patrick Mahomes or Greg Dulcich in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Patrick Mahomes, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Greg Dulcich, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Patrick Mahomes is 1.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback'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.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Patrick Mahomes has been on the field for 100 percent of KC snaps, dropped back 210 times and thrown 6.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 31 of 210 dropbacks and scrambled 12 times.

In Week 4 against LV he completed 15 of 30 passes for 225 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 1 yards.

In Week 6 against LAC he completed 23 of 30 passes for 272 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 19 yards.

In Week 7 against SEA he completed 19 of 33 passes for 165 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 14 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Patrick Mahomes played 14 games and scored 296.7 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB11.

He threw for 3587 yards on 502 attempts with 22 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns.

That came to 35.9 attempts a game at 7.1 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 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.

Patrick Mahomes was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Patrick Mahomes scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Greg Dulcich 6.3, 14.9 a game between them.

Patrick Mahomes finished QB11 and Greg Dulcich TE43, which are two different ladders.

Patrick Mahomes is a quarterback 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

Patrick Mahomes is off in Week 5 and Greg Dulcich in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.