Start Brock Bowers or Greg Dulcich? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Brock Bowers over Greg Dulcich in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Brock Bowers at 16.8 points and Greg Dulcich at 6.8, a gap of 10.0. Greg Dulcich's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.8 fantasy points for Brock Bowers, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Brock Bowers at 72.5 receiving yards and 6.5 receptions, with a 39% chance to score a touchdown (14, 11 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.9 fantasy points for Greg Dulcich, with 70 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market gives Greg Dulcich a 23% chance to score a touchdown (3 market sources).

That puts Brock Bowers 10.0 points ahead of Greg Dulcich on the market projections.

Week 5 matchups

Brock Bowers and LV visit NE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NE allowed 5.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 4 games, the fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 26 yards and no touchdowns a game against NE.

Injury status

Brock Bowers is listed as questionable with a knee injury.

Greg Dulcich is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Brock Bowers played 81 percent of LV snaps, drew 31 percent of the targets, earned 35 percent of the air yards and had 24 percent of the red zone chances.

Brock Bowers, Week 3 against NO: 55 of 70 snaps, 13 targets and 10 catches for 116 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brock Bowers, Week 4 against KC: 69 of 84 snaps, 11 targets and 6 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Greg Dulcich played 66 percent of MIA snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Greg Dulcich, Week 1 against LV: 43 of 56 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brock Bowers played 12 games for LV and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.

He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets and 375 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Brock Bowers, Week 16 of 2025 against HOU: 53 of 54 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 33 yards, 1 touchdown, 14.3 PPR points.

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 5 calls

• Start Brock Bowers over AJ Barner.
• Start Brock Bowers over Cade Otton.
• Start Brock Bowers over Colston Loveland.
• Start AJ Barner over Greg Dulcich.
• Start Cade Otton over Greg Dulcich.
• Start Greg Dulcich over Darnell Washington.