Start Darnell Washington or Greg Dulcich? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Greg Dulcich over Darnell Washington in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Greg Dulcich at 6.4 points and Darnell Washington at 5.9, a gap of 0.6. 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 6.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (6.5 and 6.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Darnell Washington this week yet, so his 5.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (5.6 and 6.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Greg Dulcich yet. His market-based projections were 6.5 and 6.4 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 6.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Darnell Washington yet. His market-based projections were 5.6 and 6.2 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 5.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Greg Dulcich 0.6 points ahead of Darnell Washington on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Greg Dulcich and MIA visit NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 8.4 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 38 yards and no touchdowns a game against NYJ.

Darnell Washington and PIT visit NO on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

NO allowed 16.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 7th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 71 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against NO.

By points allowed to the position, Darnell Washington has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Greg Dulcich is not on the injury report.

Darnell Washington is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 5, Greg Dulcich played 68 percent of MIA snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Greg Dulcich, Week 5 against CIN: 49 of 66 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 37 yards.

Through Week 6, Darnell Washington played 65 percent of PIT snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Darnell Washington, Week 5 against IND: 38 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Darnell Washington, Week 6 against TB: 6 targets and 4 catches for 25 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, 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.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Greg Dulcich.
• Start Cade Otton over Greg Dulcich.
• Start Greg Dulcich over Cole Kmet.
• Start AJ Barner over Darnell Washington.
• Start Darnell Washington over Austin Hooper.
• Start Cade Otton over Darnell Washington.