Should I start Tyjae Spears or Kenyon Sadiq in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyjae Spears, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kenyon Sadiq, and the board ranks him 151st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyjae Spears is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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 Kenyon Sadiq is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end'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, Kenyon Sadiq has been on the field for 40 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 5.8 air yards.

In Week 4 against CHI he caught 0 of 4 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CLE he caught 2 of 3 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 1 of 3 targets for 12 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.

Kenyon Sadiq is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

Tyjae Spears is a running back and Kenyon Sadiq a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Tyjae Spears is off in Week 9 and Kenyon Sadiq in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.