Brevyn Spann-Ford Should Be Safe
If Jake Ferguson is the receiving tight end, I think Brevyn Spann-Ford will be the physical presence.
Spann-Ford caught 9 passes on 13 targets for 90 yards and 1 touchdown in 2025, giving him a 69.2 % catch rate. His real value, in my opinion, is his blocking.
Brevyn Spann-Ford played 300 offensive games and blocked 226 of them. That’s a 75.3% block rate. In those blocks he posted a 73.0 overall blocking rate. He also posted a 68.2 run-blocking grade, the best blocking profile in this room.
The pass protection numbers aren’t perfect. He allowed pressure at 31.7% rate. Still, I want him helping the run game, working in heavy personnel, and bringing some nastiness to the offense.
Luke Schoonmaker Should Not Be Protected By Draft Status
I feel like this is where the Cowboys have to be real with themselves about the tight end position.
Schoonmaker was a second-round pick, and that still carries weight, but he hasn’t shown enough to be handed a roster spot. In 2025, he caught 14 passes on 23 targets for 132 yards and no touchdowns for a 60.9% catch rate.
I don’t want that to be enough to make him safe.
The argument for Schoonmaker is blocking, but even that isn’t impressive. He blocked on 63.5% of his offensive snaps, but his grades were only 55.1 overall, 54.2 as a run blocker, and 54.1 as a pass blocker.
Dallas is using him like a blocking tight end, but he isn’t giving them high-level blocking results. If he wasn’t a former second-round picka former second-round pick, he would already be off the roster.