Start Noah Gray or Josh Cuevas? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Noah Gray over Josh Cuevas in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Noah Gray at 3.7 points and Josh Cuevas at 2.5, a gap of 1.2. 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 3.7 fantasy points for Noah Gray, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Noah Gray is 11 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (8, 8 and 8 market sources).

That puts Noah Gray 1.2 points ahead of Josh Cuevas 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.

Noah Gray and KC host NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 13.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 15th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 60 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against NYJ.

By points allowed to the position, Noah Gray has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Josh Cuevas is not on the injury report.

Noah Gray 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, Noah Gray played 58 percent of KC snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Noah Gray, Week 4 against LV: 41 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.

Noah Gray, Week 6 against LAC: 39 of 61 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 53 yards.

Noah Gray, Week 7 against SEA: 28 of 53 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 44 yards.

Noah Gray, Week 8 against DEN: 37 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Noah Gray played 16 games for KC and scored 38.8 PPR points, 2.4 a game, finishing TE59.

He caught 21 of 37 targets for 178 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 71 air yards.

He was on the field for 52 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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 Darren Waller over Noah Gray.
• Start Elijah Higgins over Noah Gray.
• Start Evan Engram over Noah Gray.