Start Tyler Higbee or Greg Dulcich? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 6:51 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
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Start Tyler Higbee over Greg Dulcich
- Market projects
- 8.8
- recent weeks avg
- WAS D vs TE
- 20.7
- 2nd most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 62%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 11%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 6.6
- recent weeks avg
- DET D vs TE
- 27.9
- most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 68%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 16%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Greg Dulcich for Tyler Higbee?
Not on these numbers alone. Greg Dulcich projects 57 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 9 games) and Tyler Higbee 60 (7.5 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Tyler Higbee over Greg Dulcich.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Tyler Higbee over Greg Dulcich in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Tyler Higbee at 8.8 points and Greg Dulcich at 6.6, a gap of 2.1. No player market is posted for Tyler Higbee this week yet, so his 8.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (7.7, 9.4 and 9.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Tyler Higbee yet. His market-based projections were 7.7, 9.4 and 9.3 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 8.8, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
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.
That puts Tyler Higbee 2.1 points ahead of Greg Dulcich on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Tyler Higbee and LAR visit WAS on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
WAS allowed 20.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 2nd most in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 75 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against WAS.
Greg Dulcich and MIA host DET on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
DET allowed 27.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the most in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 98 yards and 1.6 touchdowns a game against DET.
By points allowed to the position, Greg Dulcich 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 9
Through Week 8, Tyler Higbee played 62 percent of LAR snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.
Tyler Higbee, Week 5 against BUF: 55 of 82 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 83 yards.
Tyler Higbee, Week 6 against ARI: 48 of 58 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 22 yards.
Tyler Higbee, Week 7 against LV: 53 of 72 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.
Tyler Higbee, Week 8 against LAC: 45 of 54 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 14 yards.
Through Week 8, Greg Dulcich played 68 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: 45 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 43 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 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Greg Dulcich for Tyler Higbee?
Not on these numbers alone. Greg Dulcich projects 57 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 9 games) and Tyler Higbee 60 (7.5 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Tyler Higbee over Greg Dulcich.
Should I drop Tyler Higbee for Greg Dulcich?
Not on these numbers alone. Tyler Higbee projects 60 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.5 a game over 8 games) and Greg Dulcich 57 (6.3 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Tyler Higbee over Greg Dulcich.
Week 9 on the board
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- Is Greg Dulcich playing Week 9?
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