Start AJ Barner or Greg Dulcich? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start AJ Barner over Greg Dulcich in Week 7.

Market-based projections have AJ Barner at 7.0 points and Greg Dulcich at 6.4, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for AJ Barner this week yet, so his 7.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (8.1 and 6.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Greg Dulcich this week yet, so his 6.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (6.5 and 6.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for AJ Barner yet. His market-based projections were 8.1 and 6.0 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 7.1, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Greg Dulcich yet. His market-based projections were 6.5 and 6.4 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 6.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts AJ Barner 0.6 points ahead of Greg Dulcich on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

AJ Barner and SEA host KC on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

KC allowed 22.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 4 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 82 yards and a touchdown a game against KC.

Greg Dulcich and MIA visit NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 8.4 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 38 yards and no touchdowns a game against NYJ.

By points allowed to the position, AJ Barner has the softer matchup.

Injury status

AJ Barner is not on the injury report.

Greg Dulcich is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, AJ Barner played 90 percent of SEA snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 4 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

AJ Barner, Week 3 against WAS: 61 of 67 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 69 yards.

AJ Barner, Week 4 against LAC: 54 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 12 yards.

AJ Barner, Week 5 against SF: 60 of 63 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 20 yards.

AJ Barner, Week 6 against DEN: 79 of 85 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 16 yards.

Through Week 5, Greg Dulcich played 68 percent of MIA snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Greg Dulcich, Week 2 against SF: 36 of 59 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.

Greg Dulcich, Week 3 against KC: 51 of 73 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 55 yards.

Greg Dulcich, Week 4 against MIN: 20 of 39 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Greg Dulcich, Week 5 against CIN: 49 of 66 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 37 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, AJ Barner played 17 games for SEA and scored 147.3 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE14.

He caught 52 of 68 targets for 519 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 248 air yards.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Greg Dulcich played 10 games for MIA 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 and 136 air yards.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Cade Otton over AJ Barner.
• Start Dalton Schultz over AJ Barner.
• Start AJ Barner over Darnell Washington.
• Start Cade Otton over Greg Dulcich.
• Start Greg Dulcich over Cole Kmet.
• Start Greg Dulcich over Darnell Washington.