Start Nate Boerkircher or Brevyn Spann-Ford? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Brevyn Spann-Ford over Nate Boerkircher in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Brevyn Spann-Ford at 3.1 points and Nate Boerkircher at 2.3, a gap of 0.8. 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 2.3 fantasy points for Nate Boerkircher, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Nate Boerkircher is 8 receiving yards, 0-1 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (8, 8 and 11 market sources).

That puts Brevyn Spann-Ford 0.8 points ahead of Nate Boerkircher 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.

Nate Boerkircher and JAX visit BAL on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

BAL allowed 13.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 47 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against BAL.

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

Injury status

Brevyn Spann-Ford is not on the injury report.

Nate Boerkircher 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, Nate Boerkircher played 48 percent of JAX snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 4 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Nate Boerkircher, Week 4 against CIN: 21 of 61 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 15 yards.

Nate Boerkircher, Week 5 against PHI: 35 of 72 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.

Nate Boerkircher, Week 6 against HOU: 39 of 71 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 8 yards, 1 touchdown.

Nate Boerkircher, Week 8 against IND: 26 of 54 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 31 yards, 1 touchdown.

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 Josh Cuevas.
• Start Nate Boerkircher over Austin Hooper.
• Start Nate Boerkircher over Davis Allen.
• Start Nate Boerkircher over Jonnu Smith.