Should I start Gunnar Helm or Brevyn Spann-Ford in Week 8?

The market-based projections

Gunnar Helm's market-based projection is 5.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 125th highest figure of the 209 players with a market-based projection.

Brevyn Spann-Ford's market-based projection is 4.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 138th highest figure of the 209 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Gunnar Helm, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brevyn Spann-Ford, and the board ranks him 158th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Gunnar Helm has been on the field for 78 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 5.1 air yards.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against IND he was not given the ball.

In Week 7 against CLE he caught 3 of 4 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Gunnar Helm played 16 games and scored 91.7 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE31.

He caught 44 of 55 targets for 357 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 8.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Brevyn Spann-Ford was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Gunnar Helm scored 5.7 PPR points a game and Brevyn Spann-Ford 1.4, 4.3 a game between them.

Gunnar Helm finished TE31 that year and Brevyn Spann-Ford TE73.

Gunnar Helm had 42 more targets than Brevyn Spann-Ford, 55 to 13.

Gunnar Helm had 267 more receiving yards than Brevyn Spann-Ford, 357 to 90.

This season Gunnar Helm holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 39 percent.

This season Gunnar Helm holds the bigger target share, 9 percent against 5 percent.

What would change the answer

0.9 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.