Start Greg Dulcich or Evan Engram? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Greg Dulcich over Evan Engram in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Greg Dulcich at 6.6 points and Evan Engram at 6.0, 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 6.6 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 Evan Engram this week yet, so his 6.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (5.8, 6.0 and 6.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

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.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Evan Engram yet. His market-based projections were 5.8, 6.0 and 6.2 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 6.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Greg Dulcich 0.6 points ahead of Evan Engram on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

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.

Evan Engram and DEN visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 13.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 15th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 46 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against CAR.

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

Injury status

Greg Dulcich is not on the injury report.

Evan Engram is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

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.

Through Week 8, Evan Engram played 54 percent of DEN snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Evan Engram, Week 5 against LAC: 30 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 55 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 6 against SEA: 31 of 60 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 7 against ARI: 24 of 61 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 2 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 8 against KC: 3 targets and 0 catches for 0 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, 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.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Greg Dulcich.
• Start Brenton Strange over Greg Dulcich.
• Start Cade Otton over Greg Dulcich.
• Start AJ Barner over Evan Engram.
• Start Cade Otton over Evan Engram.
• Start Evan Engram over Charlie Kolar.