Geno Smith or Tyjae Spears: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Geno Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 135th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 122.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyjae Spears: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 136th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 191.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have Geno Smith at 14.4 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 17 books. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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.

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

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Geno Smith has been on the field for 100 percent of NYJ snaps, dropped back 74 times and thrown 6.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 9 of 74 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 1 against TEN he completed 19 of 24 passes for 215 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 10 yards.

In Week 2 against GB he completed 27 of 40 passes for 247 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 17 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 Geno Smith played 15 games and scored 190.9 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing QB23.

He threw for 3025 yards on 448 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 17 interceptions, and ran for 109 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 29.9 attempts a game at 6.8 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 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.

Geno Smith was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Geno Smith scored 12.7 PPR points a game and Tyjae Spears 8.6, 4.1 a game between them.

Geno Smith finished QB23 and Tyjae Spears RB44, which are two different ladders.

Geno Smith 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

Geno Smith 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.