Should I start Greg Dulcich or Tyler Shough in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Greg Dulcich, and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Shough, and the board ranks him 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 24.

The market-based projections

Greg Dulcich's market-based projection is 8.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 104th highest figure of the 225 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Tyler Shough is 17.0 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 12 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

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 7, Tyler Shough has been on the field for 100 percent of NO snaps, dropped back 296 times and thrown 7.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 42 of 296 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.

In Week 5 against MIN he completed 16 of 25 passes for 96 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

In Week 6 against NYG he completed 16 of 30 passes for 144 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 33 yards.

In Week 7 against PIT he completed 30 of 38 passes for 278 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 7 yards.

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 Tyler Shough played 11 games and scored 164.0 PPR points, 14.9 a game, finishing QB26.

He threw for 2384 yards on 327 attempts with 10 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran for 186 yards and 3 touchdowns.

That came to 29.7 attempts a game at 7.3 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Shough was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyler Shough scored 14.9 PPR points a game and Greg Dulcich 6.3, 8.6 a game between them.

Greg Dulcich finished TE43 and Tyler Shough QB26, which are two different ladders.

Greg Dulcich is a tight end and Tyler Shough a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

Tyler Shough has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.