Start Greg Dulcich or Pat Freiermuth? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Greg Dulcich over Pat Freiermuth in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Greg Dulcich at 7.8 points and Pat Freiermuth at 6.5, a gap of 1.3. 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 7.8 fantasy points for Greg Dulcich, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Greg Dulcich is 30 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (11, 9 and 12 market sources).

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

The market-based projection for Pat Freiermuth is 25 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (8, 7 and 10 market sources).

That puts Greg Dulcich 1.3 points ahead of Pat Freiermuth on the market projections.

Week 8 matchups

Greg Dulcich and MIA host NE on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

NE allowed 12.4 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 54 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against NE.

Pat Freiermuth and PIT host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 13.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 14th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 49 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against CLE.

By points allowed to the position, Pat Freiermuth has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Greg Dulcich is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.

Pat Freiermuth is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Greg Dulcich played 67 percent of MIA snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Greg Dulcich, Week 7 against NYJ: 42 of 65 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 86 yards.

Through Week 7, Pat Freiermuth played 67 percent of PIT snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 4 against CLE: 54 of 72 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 17 yards, 1 touchdown.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 5 against IND: 41 of 60 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 7 targets and 5 catches for 44 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 6 against TB: 57 of 79 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 7 against NO: 34 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 20 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, Pat Freiermuth played 17 games for PIT and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.

He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 231 air yards.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Greg Dulcich over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Greg Dulcich.
• Start Cade Otton over Greg Dulcich.
• Start AJ Barner over Pat Freiermuth.
• Start Brenton Strange over Pat Freiermuth.
• Start Cade Otton over Pat Freiermuth.