Start Cade Otton or Greg Dulcich? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 4:41 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
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Start Cade Otton over Greg Dulcich
- Market projects
- 8.4
- recent weeks avg
- CHI D vs TE
- 13.1
- 16th most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 94%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 15%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 6.6
- recent weeks avg
- DET D vs TE
- 29.4
- most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 67%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 16%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Greg Dulcich for Cade Otton?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Cade Otton projects 62 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.8 a game over 8 games), Greg Dulcich 57 (6.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Cade Otton over Greg Dulcich.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Cade Otton over Greg Dulcich in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Cade Otton at 8.4 points and Greg Dulcich at 6.6, a gap of 1.8. No player market is posted for Cade Otton this week yet, so his 8.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (7.2, 9.5 and 8.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Cade Otton yet. His market-based projections were 7.2, 9.5 and 8.6 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 8.4, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
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 Cade Otton 1.8 points ahead of Greg Dulcich on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Cade Otton and TB visit CHI on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.
CHI allowed 13.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 16th most in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 57 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against CHI.
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
Cade Otton is not on the injury report.
Greg Dulcich is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 7, Cade Otton played 94 percent of TB snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.
Cade Otton, Week 4 against GB: 60 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 37 yards.
Cade Otton, Week 5 against DAL: 66 of 72 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 25 yards.
Cade Otton, Week 6 against PIT: 74 of 74 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.
Cade Otton, Week 7 against CAR: 56 of 63 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 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, Cade Otton played 16 games for TB and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.6 a game, finishing TE22.
He caught 59 of 81 targets for 572 yards and 1 touchdown, with 5 red zone targets and 261 air yards.
He was on the field for 93 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
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Greg Dulcich for Cade Otton?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Cade Otton projects 62 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.8 a game over 8 games), Greg Dulcich 57 (6.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Cade Otton over Greg Dulcich.
Should I drop Cade Otton for Greg Dulcich?
No. Keep Cade Otton: he projects 62 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.8 a game over 8 games), Greg Dulcich 57 (6.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Cade Otton over Greg Dulcich.
Week 9 on the board
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- Is Greg Dulcich playing Week 9?
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