Start Greg Dulcich or Colby Parkinson? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Greg Dulcich over Colby Parkinson in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Greg Dulcich at 6.1 points and Colby Parkinson at 5.3, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Greg Dulcich this week yet, so his 6.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 7 (6.4 and 5.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Colby Parkinson this week yet, so his 5.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (5.3, 4.0 and 6.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Greg Dulcich yet. His market-based projections were 6.4 and 5.8 points in Weeks 5 and 7, an average of 6.1, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Colby Parkinson yet. His market-based projections were 5.3, 4.0 and 6.7 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 5.3, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Greg Dulcich 0.8 points ahead of Colby Parkinson on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

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.

Colby Parkinson and LAR host LAC on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

LAC allowed 11.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 58 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against LAC.

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

Injury status

Greg Dulcich is not on the injury report.

Colby Parkinson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

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.

Through Week 7, Colby Parkinson played 63 percent of LAR snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 2 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Colby Parkinson, Week 3 against DEN: 37 of 86 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Colby Parkinson, Week 5 against BUF: 53 of 82 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Colby Parkinson, Week 6 against ARI: 36 of 58 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 31 yards, 1 touchdown.

Colby Parkinson, Week 7 against LV: 50 of 72 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 48 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Colby Parkinson played 15 games for LAR and scored 129.8 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE17.

He caught 43 of 56 targets for 408 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 20 red zone targets and 137 air yards.

He was on the field for 59 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Greg Dulcich.
• Start Greg Dulcich over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Darnell Washington over Greg Dulcich.
• Start AJ Barner over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Darnell Washington over Colby Parkinson.