Greg Dulcich or Gunnar Helm: Who Should You Start?

Same TE Tier, Different Rooms: Helm's Game Script Nudges Past Dulcich

Neither guy is a target hog, but the paths to their points look different. Helm plays for a team favored by three with a plus-21 implied total, the kind of script that keeps drives alive and gives a seam-and-checkdown option more red-zone snaps to work with; Dulcich's Dolphins are underdogs with a lower total, which squeezes his ceiling even though he's turning a smaller snap share into a better target rate. The matchup numbers look lopsided toward Dulcich on paper, but that DvP read comes from a zero-game sample with no confidence behind it, so it shouldn't move the needle the way the raw rank suggests. This is close enough that either one is a fine streaming option, but Helm's locked-in role and better team context are the tiebreaker.

What flips it: A Friday role change or blocking-snap dip for Helm behind Bellinger would even this back out.

Sources: Yahoo Sports (Titans Wire) · Aug 30, 2026

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Head-to-head stats

Signal breakdown

• 7.1 vs 7.5 projected PPR pointsGunnar Helm +
• Rank 24 vs 23Gunnar Helm +
• Opponent DvP rank 5 vs 20 (32 = softest)even
• Implied 19.3 vs 21.3 team pointsGunnar Helm +
• No injury designationseven
• 44% vs 53% snap shareGunnar Helm +

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