Start Mike Gesicki or Greg Dulcich? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Mike Gesicki over Greg Dulcich in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Mike Gesicki at 6.9 points and Greg Dulcich 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.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.9 fantasy points for Mike Gesicki, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Mike Gesicki at 27.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 23% chance to score a touchdown (16, 16 and 16 market sources).

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

The market has Greg Dulcich at 26.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (17, 16 and 15 market sources).

That puts Mike Gesicki 0.4 points ahead of Greg Dulcich on the market projections.

Injury status

Mike Gesicki is not on the injury report.

Greg Dulcich is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Mike Gesicki played 46 percent of CIN snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Mike Gesicki, Week 1 against TB: 21 of 64 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 78 yards, 1 touchdown.

Mike Gesicki, Week 2 against HOU: 21 of 60 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Mike Gesicki, Week 3 against PIT: 29 of 57 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 37 yards, 1 touchdown.

Mike Gesicki, Week 4 against JAX: 47 of 76 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 40 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, Mike Gesicki played 13 games for CIN and scored 70.7 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing TE41.

He caught 28 of 42 targets for 307 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 244 air yards.

He was on the field for 38 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.

How Week 5 went

Mike Gesicki scored 7.4 PPR points and Greg Dulcich scored 9.6.

The call was wrong: Greg Dulcich outscored Mike Gesicki by 2.2.

Mike Gesicki finished 0.5 points above the 6.9 the market projected.

Mike Gesicki, Week 5 against MIA: 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards, 1 touchdown, 7.4 PPR points.

Mike Gesicki finished as the week's TE22 in PPR scoring.

Greg Dulcich finished 3.1 points above the 6.5 the market projected.

Greg Dulcich, Week 5 against CIN: 5 targets and 4 catches for 37 yards, 9.7 PPR points.

Greg Dulcich finished as the week's TE16 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Mike Gesicki over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Mike Gesicki.
• Start Mike Gesicki over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Greg Dulcich over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Greg Dulcich.
• Start Brock Bowers over Greg Dulcich.