Start Dalton Schultz or Greg Dulcich? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Greg Dulcich over Dalton Schultz in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Greg Dulcich at 6.6 points and Dalton Schultz at 8.0, a gap of 1.4. 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 228, 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 Dalton Schultz this week yet, so his 8.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (7.9 and 8.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Dalton Schultz yet. His market-based projections were 7.9 and 8.1 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 8.0, 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 Dalton Schultz 1.4 points ahead of Greg Dulcich on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Dalton Schultz and HOU visit 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.

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

Dalton Schultz is not on the injury report.

Greg Dulcich is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 7, Dalton Schultz played 58 percent of HOU snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Dalton Schultz, Week 4 against DAL: 35 of 55 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

Dalton Schultz, Week 5 against TEN: 34 of 66 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 30 yards.

Dalton Schultz, Week 6 against JAX: 25 of 63 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards.

Dalton Schultz, Week 7 against NYG: 35 of 61 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 45 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, Dalton Schultz played 17 games for HOU and scored 177.7 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE10.

He caught 82 of 106 targets for 777 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 419 air yards.

He was on the field for 72 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 Dalton Schultz over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Cade Otton over Dalton Schultz.
• Start AJ Barner over Greg Dulcich.
• Start Brenton Strange over Greg Dulcich.
• Start Cade Otton over Greg Dulcich.