Start Brenton Strange or Greg Dulcich? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Brenton Strange over Greg Dulcich in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Brenton Strange at 9.0 points and Greg Dulcich at 6.6, a gap of 2.4. No player market is posted for Greg Dulcich this week yet, so his 6.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (5.8 and 7.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Brenton Strange at ADP 202 and Greg Dulcich at 211.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.0 fantasy points for Brenton Strange, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Brenton Strange is 35 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (12, 11 and 11 market sources).

No Week 9 player market is posted for Greg Dulcich yet. His market-based projections were 5.8 and 7.5 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 6.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Brenton Strange 2.4 points ahead of Greg Dulcich on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Brenton Strange and JAX visit BAL on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

BAL allowed 12.3 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 13th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 39 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against BAL.

Greg Dulcich and MIA host DET on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DET allowed 29.4 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 100 yards and 1.7 touchdowns a game against DET.

By points allowed to the position, Greg Dulcich has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brenton Strange is not on the injury report.

Greg Dulcich is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Brenton Strange played 79 percent of JAX snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Brenton Strange, Week 8 against IND: 2 targets and 2 catches for 55 yards.

Through Week 8, Greg Dulcich played 67 percent of MIA snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Greg Dulcich, Week 8 against NE: 6 targets and 4 catches for 43 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 9 calls

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