Start Greg Dulcich or Darnell Washington? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Greg Dulcich over Darnell Washington in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Greg Dulcich at 6.9 points and Darnell Washington at 6.5, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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. Market coverage on Greg Dulcich is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.5 fantasy points for Darnell Washington, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Darnell Washington at 22.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 23% chance to score a touchdown (13, 13 and 13 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 24% chance to score a touchdown (3 market sources).

That puts Greg Dulcich 0.4 points ahead of Darnell Washington on the market projections.

Injury status

Darnell Washington is not on the injury report.

Greg Dulcich is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Darnell Washington played 66 percent of PIT snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Darnell Washington, Week 1 against ATL: 43 of 67 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards.

Darnell Washington, Week 2 against NE: 37 of 70 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Darnell Washington, Week 3 against CIN: 47 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 67 yards.

Darnell Washington, Week 4 against CLE: 51 of 72 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 27 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, Darnell Washington played 16 games for PIT and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets and 135 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 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 5 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Darnell Washington.
• Start Cade Otton over Darnell Washington.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Darnell Washington.
• Start Greg Dulcich over AJ Barner.
• Start Brock Bowers over Greg Dulcich.
• Start Cade Otton over Greg Dulcich.