Chris Rodriguez Jr. or Tyjae Spears: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Rodriguez Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 175.

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 Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 4.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 books. That is the 152nd 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, Chris Rodriguez Jr. has been on the field for 31 percent of JAX snaps, taken 23 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 9 third down targets, had 1 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

In Week 1 against CLE he carried 6 times for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DEN he carried 6 times for 13 yards and did not score.

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

The season feed carries no line for Chris Rodriguez Jr. in the last completed season.

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.

Head to head

This season Tyjae Spears holds the bigger snap share, 43 percent against 31 percent.

Their share of the carries this season is the same, 23 percent each.

Byes and availability

Chris Rodriguez Jr. is off in Week 7 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.