Justin Herbert or Tyjae Spears: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justin Herbert: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 23; 2QB: ADP 26.

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 player markets price Justin Herbert at 16.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 21st highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

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.

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, Justin Herbert has been on the field for 100 percent of LAC snaps, dropped back 66 times and thrown 10.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 66 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 1 against ARI he completed 17 of 27 passes for 209 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 5 times for 29 yards.

In Week 2 against LV he completed 15 of 27 passes for 192 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 3 times for 2 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 Justin Herbert played 16 games and scored 299.9 PPR points, 18.7 a game, finishing QB10.

He threw for 3727 yards on 512 attempts with 26 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, and ran for 498 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 32.0 attempts a game at 7.3 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.

Justin Herbert was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Justin Herbert scored 18.7 PPR points a game and Tyjae Spears 8.6, 10.2 a game between them.

Justin Herbert finished QB10 and Tyjae Spears RB44, which are two different ladders.

Justin Herbert 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

Justin Herbert is off in Week 7 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

Tyjae Spears is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.