Juwan Johnson or Tyjae Spears: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Juwan Johnson at 10.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 66th highest figure of the 143 players the market prices.

The player markets price Tyjae Spears at 6.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 87th highest figure of the 143 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Juwan Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 61st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyjae Spears: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Juwan Johnson has been on the field for 70 percent of NO snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 2 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 5.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against LV he caught 8 of 8 targets for 53 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against ATL he caught 6 of 8 targets for 59 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIN he caught 4 of 5 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Tyjae Spears has been on the field for 44 percent of TEN snaps, taken 16 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 2.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

In Week 5 against HOU he carried 2 times for 0 yards, caught 9 of 9 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Juwan Johnson played 17 games and scored 179.9 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing TE8.

He caught 77 of 102 targets for 889 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 11.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 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.

Juwan Johnson was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Juwan Johnson scored 10.6 PPR points a game and Tyjae Spears 8.6, 2.0 a game between them.

Juwan Johnson finished TE8 and Tyjae Spears RB44, which are two different ladders.

Juwan Johnson is a tight end 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

3.6 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.