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Start Greg Dulcich or Chig Okonkwo? Week 9

Updated Nov 3, 6:51 AM ET.

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Start Greg Dulcich over Chig Okonkwo

Dulcich projects lower, 6.6 to 7.5, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 211 for Dulcich, 230 for Okonkwo.

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Greg Dulcich

TE · MIA · vs DET

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
Sit

Chig Okonkwo

TE · WAS · vs LAR

Market projects
7.5
recent weeks avg
LAR D vs TE
10.2
5th fewest to TEs (2026)
Snap share
65%
Through Week 8
Target share
16%
Through Week 8

Should I drop Greg Dulcich for Chig Okonkwo?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Chig Okonkwo projects 69 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 9 games), Greg Dulcich 57 (6.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Greg Dulcich over Chig Okonkwo. So make the move after his Week 9 game.

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Our Week 9 call

Start Greg Dulcich over Chig Okonkwo in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Greg Dulcich at 6.6 points and Chig Okonkwo at 7.5, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Greg Dulcich still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 211 against 230, and that outweighs a gap this size. 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. No player market is posted for Chig Okonkwo this week yet, so his 7.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (6.6 and 8.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Chig Okonkwo yet. His market-based projections were 6.6 and 8.3 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 7.5, 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 Chig Okonkwo 0.9 points ahead of Greg Dulcich on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Chig Okonkwo and WAS host LAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

LAR allowed 10.2 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 42 yards and 0.1 touchdowns a game against LAR.

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

Chig Okonkwo is not on the injury report.

Greg Dulcich is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Chig Okonkwo played 65 percent of WAS snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Chig Okonkwo, Week 4 against IND: 37 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards.

Chig Okonkwo, Week 5 against NYG: 44 of 62 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 60 yards.

Chig Okonkwo, Week 6 against SF: 51 of 67 snaps, 7 targets and 7 catches for 69 yards.

Chig Okonkwo, Week 8 against PHI: 4 targets and 2 catches for 32 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, Chig Okonkwo played 17 games for TEN and scored 124.0 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing TE21.

He caught 56 of 79 targets for 560 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 218 air yards.

He was on the field for 62 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 Chig Okonkwo?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Chig Okonkwo projects 69 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 9 games), Greg Dulcich 57 (6.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Greg Dulcich over Chig Okonkwo. So make the move after his Week 9 game.

  • Should I drop Chig Okonkwo for Greg Dulcich?

    No. Keep Chig Okonkwo: he projects 69 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.7 a game over 9 games), Greg Dulcich 57 (6.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Greg Dulcich over Chig Okonkwo.

Week 9 on the board

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