Start Greg Dulcich or Evan Engram? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Greg Dulcich over Evan Engram in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Greg Dulcich at 6.2 points and Evan Engram at 5.2, 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'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 5.2 fantasy points for Evan Engram, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Evan Engram at 17.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (12, 11 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.2 fantasy points for Greg Dulcich, with 70 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market gives Greg Dulcich a 19% chance to score a touchdown (6 market sources).

That puts Greg Dulcich 0.9 points ahead of Evan Engram on the market projections.

Injury status

Evan Engram is not on the injury report.

Greg Dulcich is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Evan Engram played 60 percent of DEN snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Evan Engram, Week 1 against KC: 32 of 51 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 43 yards, 1 touchdown.

Evan Engram, Week 2 against JAX: 32 of 62 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 17 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 3 against LAR: 40 of 67 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 4 against SF: 44 of 65 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards.

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, Evan Engram played 16 games for DEN and scored 102.8 PPR points, 6.4 a game, finishing TE29.

He caught 50 of 76 targets for 461 yards and 1 touchdown, with 10 red zone targets and 159 air yards.

He was on the field for 42 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 Darnell Washington over Evan Engram.
• Start Evan Engram over Dawson Knox.
• Start Evan Engram over Elijah Higgins.
• Start AJ Barner over Greg Dulcich.
• Start Brock Bowers over Greg Dulcich.
• Start Cade Otton over Greg Dulcich.