Jameis Winston or Tyjae Spears: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jameis Winston at 12.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 60th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The player markets price Tyjae Spears at 4.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 144th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jameis Winston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyjae Spears: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jameis Winston has been on the field for 96 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 88 times and thrown 9.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 19 of 88 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.

In Week 2 against LAR he completed 11 of 27 passes for 111 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 1 yards.

In Week 3 against TEN he completed 14 of 22 passes for 118 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 15 yards.

In Week 4 against ARI he completed 18 of 29 passes for 250 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

Through Week 4, Tyjae Spears has been on the field for 42 percent of TEN snaps, taken 17 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have come 2.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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

In Week 3 against NYG he carried 3 times for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he carried 2 times for 7 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -1 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jameis Winston played 3 games and scored 45.3 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing QB46.

He threw for 567 yards on 66 attempts with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, and ran for 23 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 22.0 attempts a game at 8.6 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 39 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.

Tyjae Spears was available for 10 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jameis Winston scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Tyjae Spears 8.6, 6.5 a game between them.

Jameis Winston finished QB46 and Tyjae Spears RB44, which are two different ladders.

Jameis Winston 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.

What would change the answer

8.0 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.