Start Josh Cuevas or Brevyn Spann-Ford? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Brevyn Spann-Ford over Josh Cuevas in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Brevyn Spann-Ford at 3.1 points and Josh Cuevas at 2.7, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Brevyn Spann-Ford this week yet, so his 3.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (1.4, 3.6 and 4.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Brevyn Spann-Ford yet. His market-based projections were 1.4, 3.6 and 4.3 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 3.1, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

Player markets imply 2.7 fantasy points for Josh Cuevas, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Josh Cuevas is 9 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (7, 8 and 11 market sources).

That puts Brevyn Spann-Ford 0.5 points ahead of Josh Cuevas on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Brevyn Spann-Ford and DAL visit IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 14.4 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 12th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 51 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against IND.

Josh Cuevas and BAL host JAX on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

JAX allowed 11.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 32 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against JAX.

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

Injury status

Brevyn Spann-Ford is not on the injury report.

Josh Cuevas is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Brevyn Spann-Ford played 46 percent of DAL snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 2 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Brevyn Spann-Ford, Week 8 against ARI: 65 of 74 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 31 yards.

Through Week 8, Josh Cuevas played 23 percent of BAL snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 4 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Josh Cuevas, Week 5 against ATL: 19 of 76 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 26 yards.

Josh Cuevas, Week 6 against CLE: 23 of 57 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 44 yards, 1 touchdown.

Josh Cuevas, Week 7 against CIN: 15 of 67 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards.

Josh Cuevas, Week 8 against BUF: 13 of 51 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 15 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.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Brevyn Spann-Ford over Nate Boerkircher.
• Start Josh Cuevas over Davis Allen.
• Start Dawson Knox over Josh Cuevas.
• Start Josh Cuevas over Jonnu Smith.