Should I start Tyjae Spears or Kaleb Johnson in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyjae Spears, and the board ranks him 129th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kaleb Johnson, and the board ranks him 133rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyjae Spears is 1.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Kaleb Johnson is 1.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Tyjae Spears's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Tyjae Spears has been on the field for 42 percent of TEN snaps, taken 14 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have come 2.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

In Week 6 against IND he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Kaleb Johnson has been on the field for 22 percent of GB snaps, taken 29 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against TB he carried 8 times for 42 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 7 times for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DAL he carried 1 time for -2 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 5-6 carries a game at 3.9 yards a carry and 3-4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Kaleb Johnson played 10 games and scored 8.8 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing RB115.

He carried 28 times for 69 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 more yards.

That came to 2.8 carries a game at 3 yards a carry and 0.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 6 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tyjae Spears was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tyjae Spears scored 8.6 PPR points a game and Kaleb Johnson 0.9, 7.7 a game between them.

Tyjae Spears finished RB44 that year and Kaleb Johnson RB115.

Tyjae Spears had 44 more carries than Kaleb Johnson, 72 to 28.

Tyjae Spears had 44 more catches than Kaleb Johnson, 45 to 1.

This season Tyjae Spears holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 22 percent.

This season Kaleb Johnson holds the bigger share of the carries, 29 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Tyjae Spears is off in Week 9 and Kaleb Johnson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.