Start Brenton Strange or Greg Dulcich? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Brenton Strange over Greg Dulcich in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Brenton Strange at 9.4 points and Greg Dulcich at 7.8, a gap of 1.6. Drafters take Brenton Strange at ADP 202 and Greg Dulcich at 211.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.4 fantasy points for Brenton Strange, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Brenton Strange is 38 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (11, 10 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 7.8 fantasy points for Greg Dulcich, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Greg Dulcich is 30 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (11, 9 and 12 market sources).

That puts Brenton Strange 1.6 points ahead of Greg Dulcich on the market projections.

Week 8 matchups

Brenton Strange and JAX host IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 13.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 13th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 45 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against IND.

Greg Dulcich and MIA host NE on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

NE allowed 12.4 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 54 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against NE.

By points allowed to the position, Brenton Strange has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brenton Strange is not on the injury report.

Greg Dulcich is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 6, Brenton Strange played 79 percent of JAX snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 17 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Brenton Strange, Week 3 against NE: 48 of 62 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 32 yards.

Brenton Strange, Week 4 against CIN: 53 of 61 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 95 yards.

Brenton Strange, Week 5 against PHI: 58 of 72 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 68 yards.

Brenton Strange, Week 6 against HOU: 54 of 71 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 44 yards.

Through Week 7, Greg Dulcich played 67 percent of MIA snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Greg Dulcich, Week 7 against NYJ: 42 of 65 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 86 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brenton Strange played 12 games for JAX and scored 118.0 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing TE23.

He caught 46 of 60 targets for 540 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 293 air yards.

He was on the field for 76 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 8 calls

• Start Brenton Strange over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Cade Otton.
• Start Brenton Strange over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Greg Dulcich over AJ Barner.
• Start Cade Otton over Greg Dulcich.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Greg Dulcich.