Start Tyler Higbee or Greg Dulcich? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Tyler Higbee over Greg Dulcich in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Tyler Higbee at 7.7 points and Greg Dulcich at 6.4, a gap of 1.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Tyler Higbee this week yet, so his 7.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (8.2 and 7.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Tyler Higbee yet. His market-based projections were 8.2 and 7.1 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 7.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

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.

That puts Tyler Higbee 1.2 points ahead of Greg Dulcich on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Tyler Higbee and LAR visit LV on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LV allowed 18.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 6th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 57 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against LV.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Tyler Higbee has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Tyler Higbee is not on the injury report.

Greg Dulcich is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Tyler Higbee played 53 percent of LAR snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Higbee, Week 3 against DEN: 61 of 86 snaps, 11 targets and 8 catches for 62 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tyler Higbee, Week 4 against PHI: 55 of 84 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 67 yards.

Tyler Higbee, Week 5 against BUF: 55 of 82 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 83 yards.

Tyler Higbee, Week 6 against ARI: 4 targets and 4 catches for 22 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tyler Higbee played 10 games for LAR and scored 71.1 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing TE40.

He caught 25 of 36 targets for 281 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 141 air yards.

He was on the field for 54 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 7 calls

• Start Tyler Higbee over AJ Barner.
• Start Cade Otton over Tyler Higbee.
• Start Dalton Schultz over Tyler Higbee.
• Start AJ Barner over Greg Dulcich.
• Start Cade Otton over Greg Dulcich.
• Start Greg Dulcich over Cole Kmet.