Bryce Young or Tyjae Spears: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bryce Young: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 93rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 91.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyjae Spears: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 191.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Bryce Young at 16.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 23rd highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

The books have Tyjae Spears at 3.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 books. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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, Bryce Young has been on the field for 92 percent of CAR snaps, dropped back 80 times and thrown 9.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 11 of 80 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.

In Week 1 against CHI he completed 23 of 37 passes for 361 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 10 yards.

In Week 2 against ATL he completed 23 of 36 passes for 287 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 6 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Bryce Young played 16 games and scored 229.0 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing QB19.

He threw for 3011 yards on 478 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 216 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 29.9 attempts a game at 6.3 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 96 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Bryce Young was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Bryce Young scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Tyjae Spears 8.6, 5.7 a game between them.

Bryce Young finished QB19 and Tyjae Spears RB44, which are two different ladders.

Bryce Young is a quarterback and Tyjae Spears a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Bryce Young is off in Week 5 and Tyjae Spears in Week 9, 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.