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Should I start Brevyn Spann-Ford or Elic Ayomanor in Week 8?

Updated Oct 29, 1:26 AM ET.

Start Brevyn Spann-Ford: his market-based projection is 0.2 points a game ahead of Elic Ayomanor's this season.

Should I drop Brevyn Spann-Ford for Elic Ayomanor?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Elic Ayomanor projects 36 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (4.0 a game over 9 games), Brevyn Spann-Ford 27 (3.0 a game over 9 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

TE27 · DAL · bye unlisted

2026 vs anytime td line 0-7

Market-based projection
4.4 pts a game

WR52 · TEN · bye 9

2026 vs anytime td line 1-6

Market-based projection
4.2 pts a game

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The gap

  • Price difference0.2 points a game
  • Board size306 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from the market projection.

The market-based projections

Brevyn Spann-Ford's market-based projection is 4.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 136th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Elic Ayomanor's market-based projection is 4.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 140th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brevyn Spann-Ford, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Elic Ayomanor, and the board ranks him 151st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Brevyn Spann-Ford has been on the field for 39 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 0 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 48 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 2.5 air yards.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 4 of 5 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Elic Ayomanor has been on the field for 65 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 1 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against IND he caught 1 of 2 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CLE he caught 3 of 7 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Brevyn Spann-Ford played 17 games and scored 24.0 PPR points, 1.4 a game, finishing TE73.

He caught 9 of 13 targets for 90 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 0.8 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 25 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Elic Ayomanor played 16 games and scored 116.5 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR55.

He caught 41 of 89 targets for 515 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 46 percent catch rate and 12.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Brevyn Spann-Ford was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Elic Ayomanor scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Brevyn Spann-Ford 1.4, 5.9 a game between them.

Brevyn Spann-Ford finished TE73 and Elic Ayomanor WR55, which are two different ladders.

Brevyn Spann-Ford is a tight end and Elic Ayomanor a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Elic Ayomanor is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Brevyn Spann-Ford.

What would change the answer

0.2 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Brevyn Spann-Ford for Elic Ayomanor?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Elic Ayomanor projects 36 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (4.0 a game over 9 games), Brevyn Spann-Ford 27 (3.0 a game over 9 games).

  • Should I drop Elic Ayomanor for Brevyn Spann-Ford?

    No. Keep Elic Ayomanor: he projects 36 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (4.0 a game over 9 games), Brevyn Spann-Ford 27 (3.0 a game over 9 games).

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