Should I start Josh Cuevas or Nate Boerkircher in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Josh Cuevas's market-based projection is 2.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 145th highest figure of the 220 players with a market-based projection.

Nate Boerkircher's market-based projection is 2.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 151st highest figure of the 220 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Cuevas, and the board ranks him 196th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Nate Boerkircher, and the board ranks him 201st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Josh Cuevas has been on the field for 23 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 1 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 5.5 air yards.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 4 of 5 targets for 44 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against CIN he caught 2 of 3 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BUF he caught 1 of 2 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Nate Boerkircher has been on the field for 48 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 2 of 2 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 2 of 2 targets for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against IND he caught 1 of 1 target for 31 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their last full seasons

Josh Cuevas is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Nate Boerkircher is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Nate Boerkircher holds the bigger snap share, 48 percent against 23 percent.

This season Josh Cuevas holds the bigger target share, 6 percent against 5 percent.

What would change the answer

0.3 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.