Tyjae Spears or Jerry Jeudy: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

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.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jerry Jeudy: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 151st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 158.

What the sportsbooks 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.

The player markets price Jerry Jeudy at 4.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 151st highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

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, 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.

Through Week 2, Jerry Jeudy has been on the field for 61 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 10.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against JAX he caught 2 of 4 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against TB he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Jerry Jeudy played 17 games and scored 120.7 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR52.

He caught 50 of 106 targets for 602 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 47 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jerry Jeudy was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyjae Spears scored 8.6 PPR points a game and Jerry Jeudy 7.1, 1.5 a game between them.

Tyjae Spears finished RB44 and Jerry Jeudy WR52, which are two different ladders.

Tyjae Spears is a running back and Jerry Jeudy a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Tyjae Spears is off in Week 9 and Jerry Jeudy in Week 11, 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.