Start Mark Andrews or Jake Ferguson? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Mark Andrews over Jake Ferguson in Week 9.

Jake Ferguson is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Mark Andrews. Drafters take Mark Andrews at ADP 137 and Jake Ferguson at 141.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Jake Ferguson yet. His market-based projections were 7.6, 6.1 and 5.1 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 6.3, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

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 (10, 11 and 11 market sources).

That puts Jake Ferguson 0.8 points ahead of Mark Andrews on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Jake Ferguson and DAL visit IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 13.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 13th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 45 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against IND.

Mark Andrews and BAL host JAX on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

JAX allowed 11.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 11th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 35 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against JAX.

By points allowed to the position, Jake Ferguson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jake Ferguson is listed as out with a ankle injury.

Mark Andrews is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 7, Jake Ferguson played 66 percent of DAL snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Jake Ferguson, Week 4 against HOU: 55 of 78 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 11 yards.

Jake Ferguson, Week 5 against TB: 50 of 60 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 19 yards.

Jake Ferguson, Week 6 against GB: 42 of 78 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Jake Ferguson, Week 7 against PHI: 38 of 68 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 8, Mark Andrews played 65 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: 4 targets and 3 catches for 14 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jake Ferguson played 17 games for DAL and scored 188.1 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE5.

He caught 82 of 102 targets for 600 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 23 red zone targets and 293 air yards.

He was on the field for 67 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 Charlie Kolar over Jake Ferguson.
• Start Darren Waller over Jake Ferguson.
• Start Evan Engram over Jake Ferguson.
• Start AJ Barner over Mark Andrews.
• Start Charlie Kolar over Mark Andrews.
• Start Mark Andrews over Chig Okonkwo.