Start Daniel Bellinger or Brevyn Spann-Ford? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Daniel Bellinger over Brevyn Spann-Ford in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Daniel Bellinger at 3.0 points and Brevyn Spann-Ford at 1.6, a gap of 1.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Daniel Bellinger's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Market coverage on Daniel Bellinger is 60 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 1.6 fantasy points for Brevyn Spann-Ford, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Brevyn Spann-Ford at 4.5 receiving yards and 0.5 receptions, with a 10% chance to score a touchdown (10, 8 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.0 fantasy points for Daniel Bellinger, with 60 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market gives Daniel Bellinger a 7% chance to score a touchdown (13 market sources).

That puts Daniel Bellinger 1.4 points ahead of Brevyn Spann-Ford on the market projections.

Injury status

Brevyn Spann-Ford is not on the injury report.

Daniel Bellinger is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Brevyn Spann-Ford played 35 percent of DAL snaps, drew 3 percent of the targets, earned 1 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Brevyn Spann-Ford, Week 1 against NYG: 13 of 58 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Brevyn Spann-Ford, Week 2 against WAS: 21 of 55 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Brevyn Spann-Ford, Week 3 against BAL: 28 of 74 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 19 yards.

Brevyn Spann-Ford, Week 4 against HOU: 31 of 78 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 4, Daniel Bellinger played 42 percent of TEN snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 0 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Daniel Bellinger, Week 1 against NYJ: 14 of 50 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Daniel Bellinger, Week 2 against PHI: 24 of 53 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Daniel Bellinger, Week 3 against NYG: 24 of 60 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.

Daniel Bellinger, Week 4 against BAL: 33 of 64 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brevyn Spann-Ford played 17 games for DAL 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 and 57 air yards.

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

In 2025, Daniel Bellinger played 16 games for NYG and scored 59.6 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE46.

He caught 19 of 26 targets for 286 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 154 air yards.

He was on the field for 48 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Brevyn Spann-Ford over Brevin Jordan.
• Start Elijah Higgins over Brevyn Spann-Ford.
• Start Foster Moreau over Brevyn Spann-Ford.
• Start Daniel Bellinger over Brevin Jordan.
• Start Daniel Bellinger over Elijah Higgins.
• Start Foster Moreau over Daniel Bellinger.