Tyjae Spears or Brian Robinson: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyjae Spears: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 131st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 191.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brian Robinson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 151st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 196.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have Tyjae Spears at 6.2 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 13 books. That is 90 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Brian Robinson at 4.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 164th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Tyjae Spears's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Tyjae Spears has been on the field for 43 percent of TEN snaps, taken 23 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against NYJ he carried 3 times for 12 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against PHI he carried 7 times for 41 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 29 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Brian Robinson has been on the field for 37 percent of ATL snaps, taken 32 percent of the carries and drawn 4 percent of the targets.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 15 third down targets and seen 1 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against PIT he carried 9 times for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against CAR he carried 11 times for 51 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tyjae Spears played 13 games and scored 111.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB44.

He carried 72 times for 283 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 45 of 50 targets for 264 more yards.

That came to 5.5 carries a game at 3.9 yards a carry and 3.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Brian Robinson played 17 games and scored 62.5 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing RB63.

He carried 92 times for 400 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 12 targets for 25 more yards.

That came to 5.4 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 17 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Brian Robinson was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tyjae Spears scored 8.6 PPR points a game and Brian Robinson 3.7, 4.9 a game between them.

Tyjae Spears finished RB44 that year and Brian Robinson RB63.

Brian Robinson had 20 more carries than Tyjae Spears, 92 to 72.

Tyjae Spears had 37 more catches than Brian Robinson, 45 to 8.

This season Tyjae Spears holds the bigger snap share, 43 percent against 37 percent.

This season Brian Robinson holds the bigger share of the carries, 32 percent against 23 percent.

Byes and availability

Tyjae Spears is off in Week 9 and Brian Robinson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tyjae Spears is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Tyjae Spears is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.