Start Brevyn Spann-Ford or Jonnu Smith? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Jonnu Smith over Brevyn Spann-Ford in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Jonnu Smith at 2.3 points and Brevyn Spann-Ford at 2.2, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Jonnu Smith this week yet, so his 2.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (2.8 and 1.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Brevyn Spann-Ford this week yet, so his 2.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (1.6, 1.4 and 3.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Brevyn Spann-Ford yet. His market-based projections were 1.6, 1.4 and 3.6 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 2.2, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Jonnu Smith yet. His market-based projections were 2.8 and 1.9 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 2.3, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Jonnu Smith is 0.1 touchdowns (13 market sources).

That puts Jonnu Smith 0.1 points ahead of Brevyn Spann-Ford on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Brevyn Spann-Ford and DAL host ARI on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ARI allowed 16.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 7th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 60 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against ARI.

Jonnu Smith and GB host CAR on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CAR allowed 13.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 15th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 46 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against CAR.

By points allowed to the position, Brevyn Spann-Ford has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brevyn Spann-Ford is not on the injury report.

Jonnu Smith is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Brevyn Spann-Ford played 39 percent of DAL snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 2 percent of the air yards and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

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

Brevyn Spann-Ford, Week 5 against TB: 20 of 60 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Brevyn Spann-Ford, Week 6 against GB: 36 of 78 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 35 yards.

Brevyn Spann-Ford, Week 7 against PHI: 36 of 68 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Through Week 7, Jonnu Smith played 28 percent of GB snaps, drew 3 percent of the targets, earned 3 percent of the air yards and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

Jonnu Smith, Week 4 against TB: 13 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 19 yards.

Jonnu Smith, Week 5 against CHI: 21 of 61 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jonnu Smith, Week 6 against DAL: 9 of 75 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jonnu Smith, Week 7 against DET: 17 of 67 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 9 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, Jonnu Smith played 17 games for PIT and scored 85.2 PPR points, 5.0 a game, finishing TE35.

He caught 38 of 54 targets for 222 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 43 air yards.

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

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Jonnu Smith over Daniel Bellinger.
• Start Jonnu Smith over Davis Allen.
• Start Dawson Knox over Jonnu Smith.