Should I start Evan Engram or Noah Gray in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Evan Engram's market-based projection is 4.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 133rd highest figure of the 225 players with a market-based projection.

Noah Gray's market-based projection is 3.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 146th highest figure of the 225 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Noah Gray, and the board ranks him 159th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Evan Engram has been on the field for 54 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 0 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 5.1 air yards.

In Week 6 against SEA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against ARI he caught 1 of 3 targets for 2 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against KC he caught 0 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Noah Gray has been on the field for 58 percent of KC snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 6.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against LAC he caught 3 of 3 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

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

In Week 8 against DEN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Evan Engram played 16 games and scored 102.8 PPR points, 6.4 a game, finishing TE29.

He caught 50 of 76 targets for 461 yards and 1 touchdown, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 4.8 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 42 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Noah Gray played 16 games and scored 38.8 PPR points, 2.4 a game, finishing TE59.

He caught 21 of 37 targets for 178 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 2.3 targets a game, a 57 percent catch rate and 9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 52 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Evan Engram scored 6.4 PPR points a game and Noah Gray 2.4, 4.0 a game between them.

Evan Engram finished TE29 that year and Noah Gray TE59.

Evan Engram had 39 more targets than Noah Gray, 76 to 37.

Evan Engram had 283 more receiving yards than Noah Gray, 461 to 178.

This season Noah Gray holds the bigger snap share, 58 percent against 54 percent.

This season Evan Engram holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 7 percent.

Byes and availability

Evan Engram is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Noah Gray.

What would change the answer

0.8 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.