Kyle Monangai or Tyjae Spears: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Kyle Monangai at 9.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 5 market sources. That is the 96th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

The player markets price Tyjae Spears at 5.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 157th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Monangai: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 86th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyjae Spears: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 174th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Kyle Monangai has been on the field for 41 percent of CHI snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 6 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he carried 10 times for 47 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 10 times for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 30 times for 146 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 4, Tyjae Spears has been on the field for 42 percent of TEN snaps, taken 17 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have come 2.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against PHI he carried 7 times for 41 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 29 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kyle Monangai played 17 games and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.

He carried 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 41 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.

Kyle Monangai was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 they scored the same 8.6 PPR points a game.

Kyle Monangai finished RB30 that year and Tyjae Spears RB44.

Kyle Monangai had 97 more carries than Tyjae Spears, 169 to 72.

Tyjae Spears had 27 more catches than Kyle Monangai, 45 to 18.

This season Tyjae Spears holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 41 percent.

This season Kyle Monangai holds the bigger share of the carries, 39 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Kyle Monangai is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Tyjae Spears.

Kyle Monangai is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

4.9 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.