Should I start Keaton Mitchell or Tyjae Spears in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keaton Mitchell, and the board ranks him 169th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyjae Spears, and the board ranks him 170th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Keaton Mitchell is 1.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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 Tyjae Spears is 1.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Keaton Mitchell has been on the field for 32 percent of LAC snaps, taken 21 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 10 times for 39 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DEN he carried 6 times for 11 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Keaton Mitchell played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB67.

He carried 59 times for 341 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 63 more yards.

That came to 4-5 carries a game at 5.8 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 17 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 5-6 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.

Both were available for 13 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Tyjae Spears scored 8.6 PPR points a game and Keaton Mitchell 4.3, 4.3 a game between them.

Keaton Mitchell finished RB67 that year and Tyjae Spears RB44.

Tyjae Spears had 13 more carries than Keaton Mitchell, 72 to 59.

Tyjae Spears had 36 more catches than Keaton Mitchell, 45 to 9.

This season Tyjae Spears holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 32 percent.

This season Keaton Mitchell holds the bigger share of the carries, 21 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Keaton Mitchell 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.