WEEK 9 · FAAB FIELD GUIDE
Low ownership should not hide a usable option.
Our editorial planning range: 1–3% of your starting budget. Use the role and roster conditions below before bidding.
PUT IT IN YOUR BUDGET
12-team PPR redraft; one QB unless Superflex is selected. Percentages refer to the original season budget. Your remaining funds limit what you can actually spend.
Dulcich deserves a current tight-end comparison even though his ESPN ownership is below our usual broad-pool floor. That ownership number is not a projection or proof he is free in your league; evaluate the receiving role and live forecast.
Keep the bid low if this is a short-term matchup play or a reserve you are unlikely to start.
Use the higher range if he is a genuine weekly TE upgrade and your league has few usable replacements.
Starting budget: $100 · Remaining: $100
WHAT YOU ARE BUYING
Dulcich deserves a current tight-end comparison even though his ESPN ownership is below our usual broad-pool floor. That ownership number is not a projection or proof he is free in your league; evaluate the receiving role and live forecast.
Ownership across leagues does not tell us whether he is free in yours. A big game can create demand without creating a lasting job. Compare expected opportunities, the weeks you need covered and the value of the player you would drop.
Use the higher range if he is a genuine weekly TE upgrade and your league has few usable replacements.
Keep the bid low if this is a short-term matchup play or a reserve you are unlikely to start. An unused bench upgrade is worth less than a player who actually changes your starting lineup.
Use these ranges as a planning aid. Your league’s bidding habits, roster size, remaining budget, scoring and alternatives can change the sensible price.
Compare TE pickups ↗ Check who to drop →FF editorial spending guidelines, not a trained FAAB model or a prediction of the winning bid. These are original editorial scenarios, not observed market-clearing prices, league-specific auction estimates or a backtested bid model. No claim about the probability of winning is made.
Week 9, 2026 edition reviewed November 3. Public FF PPR forecasts and availability load with this page. Week 8 actuals are from our saved completed Thursday/Sunday ESPN snapshot. Ownership is a November 3 ESPN snapshot and may change; a player being widely rostered is not evidence he is available in your league. Private league data and direct API outputs are not published.
Player context: ESPN player profile
Context: Arizona’s quarterback decision · Giants’ starter announcement · Independent Week 9 waiver discussion. Budget ranges above are FF’s editorial judgments, not those publishers’ prices.