Start Mark Andrews or Evan Engram? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Mark Andrews over Evan Engram in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Mark Andrews at 5.5 points and Evan Engram at 4.6, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.6 fantasy points for Evan Engram, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Evan Engram is 19 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (10, 11 and 11 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.5 fantasy points for Mark Andrews, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Mark Andrews is 19 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (12, 12 and 13 market sources).

That puts Mark Andrews 0.9 points ahead of Evan Engram on the market projections.

Week 9 matchups

Evan Engram and DEN visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 14.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 14th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 47 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against CAR.

Mark Andrews 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, Evan Engram has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Evan Engram is not on the injury report.

Mark Andrews is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Evan Engram played 54 percent of DEN snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Evan Engram, Week 5 against LAC: 30 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 55 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 6 against SEA: 31 of 60 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 7 against ARI: 24 of 61 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 2 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 8 against KC: 30 of 62 snaps, 3 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 8, Mark Andrews played 64 percent of BAL snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Mark Andrews, Week 5 against ATL: 55 of 76 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 28 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 6 against CLE: 41 of 57 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 7 against CIN: 38 of 67 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 23 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 8 against BUF: 29 of 51 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 14 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Evan Engram played 16 games for DEN and scored 102.8 PPR points, 6.4 a game, finishing TE29.

He caught 50 of 76 targets for 461 yards and 1 touchdown, with 10 red zone targets and 159 air yards.

He was on the field for 42 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Mark Andrews played 17 games for BAL and scored 131.0 PPR points, 7.7 a game, finishing TE16.

He caught 48 of 70 targets for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 321 air yards.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Evan Engram.
• Start Cade Otton over Evan Engram.
• Start Charlie Kolar over Evan Engram.
• Start AJ Barner over Mark Andrews.
• Start Cade Otton over Mark Andrews.
• Start Charlie Kolar over Mark Andrews.