Daniel Jones or Tyjae Spears: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Daniel Jones at 14.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 45th highest figure of the 174 players the books price.

The player markets price Tyjae Spears at 7.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 books. That is the 141st highest figure of the 174 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Daniel Jones: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 76.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyjae Spears: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 130th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 186.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Daniel Jones has been on the field for 100 percent of IND snaps, dropped back 67 times and thrown 5.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 67 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.

In Week 1 against BAL he completed 19 of 31 passes for 166 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 4 yards.

In Week 2 against KC he completed 22 of 31 passes for 210 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 10 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 Daniel Jones played 13 games and scored 234.4 PPR points, 18.0 a game, finishing QB17.

He threw for 3101 yards on 384 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 164 yards and 5 touchdowns.

That came to 29.5 attempts a game at 8.1 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 91 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.

Both were available for 13 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Daniel Jones scored 18.0 PPR points a game and Tyjae Spears 8.6, 9.4 a game between them.

Daniel Jones finished QB17 and Tyjae Spears RB44, which are two different ladders.

Daniel Jones 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

Daniel Jones is off in Week 13 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

7.5 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.