Start Josh Cuevas or Nate Boerkircher? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Josh Cuevas over Nate Boerkircher in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Josh Cuevas at 2.5 points and Nate Boerkircher at 2.2, a gap of 0.3. 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 2.5 fantasy points for Josh Cuevas, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Josh Cuevas is 8 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and under 0.1 touchdowns (9, 10 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 2.2 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 (9, 9 and 14 market sources).

That puts Josh Cuevas 0.3 points ahead of Nate Boerkircher on the market projections.

Week 9 matchups

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.

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, Nate Boerkircher has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Josh Cuevas is not on the injury report.

Nate Boerkircher is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

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.

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 other Week 9 calls

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