Should I start Greg Dulcich or Samaje Perine in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Greg Dulcich's market-based projection is 8.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 5 market sources. That is the 74th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Samaje Perine's market-based projection is 4.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 99th highest figure of the 219 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 82nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Samaje Perine, and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 8

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 8, Samaje Perine has been on the field for 35 percent of CIN snaps, taken 23 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 1 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 1.3 air yards.

In Week 5 against MIA he carried 14 times for 68 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 10 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against BAL he carried 4 times for 16 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against TEN he carried 4 times for 10 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 9 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 Samaje Perine played 15 games and scored 77.9 PPR points, 5.2 a game, finishing RB57.

He carried 84 times for 382 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 17 of 21 targets for 87 more yards.

That came to 5.6 carries a game at 5 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 34 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Samaje Perine was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Greg Dulcich scored 6.3 PPR points a game and Samaje Perine 5.2, 1.1 a game between them.

Greg Dulcich finished TE43 and Samaje Perine RB57, which are two different ladders.

Greg Dulcich is a tight end and Samaje Perine a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 6, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

4.2 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.