Jonathon Brooks or Tyjae Spears: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jonathon Brooks: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 106.

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 191.

What the sportsbooks price

No sportsbook has posted a season market for Jonathon Brooks, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.

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.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Jonathon Brooks has been on the field for 25 percent of CAR snaps, taken 21 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against CHI he carried 4 times for 14 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against ATL he carried 5 times for 16 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -5 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 Jonathon Brooks 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 25 percent.

This season Tyjae Spears holds the bigger share of the carries, 23 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

Jonathon Brooks is off in Week 5 and Tyjae Spears in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jonathon Brooks is listed as ir on the injury report.

Tyjae Spears is listed as questionable on the injury report.