Should I start Kimani Vidal or Tyjae Spears in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kimani Vidal, and the board ranks him 168th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyjae Spears, and the board ranks him 171st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kimani Vidal is 1.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 4 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 1.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Kimani Vidal has been on the field for 27 percent of LAC snaps, taken 12 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 0.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 5 times for 25 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against DEN he carried 8 times for 57 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for -1 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against KC he carried 7 times for 21 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 19 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 Kimani Vidal played 13 games and scored 117.9 PPR points, 9.1 a game, finishing RB42.

He carried 155 times for 643 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 16 of 22 targets for 136 more yards.

That came to 11.9 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 1.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 58 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 Kimani Vidal scored 9.1 PPR points a game and Tyjae Spears 8.6, 0.5 a game between them.

Kimani Vidal finished RB42 that year and Tyjae Spears RB44.

Kimani Vidal had 83 more carries than Tyjae Spears, 155 to 72.

Tyjae Spears had 29 more catches than Kimani Vidal, 45 to 16.

This season Tyjae Spears holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 27 percent.

This season Tyjae Spears holds the bigger share of the carries, 14 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Kimani Vidal 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.