Luther Burden III or Tyjae Spears: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Luther Burden III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 79.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyjae Spears: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 191.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Luther Burden III at 8.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 120th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

The books have Tyjae Spears at 3.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 books. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Luther Burden III has been on the field for 65 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 10.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against CAR he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 3 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Tyjae Spears has been on the field for 43 percent of TEN snaps, taken 23 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against NYJ he carried 3 times for 12 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Luther Burden III played 15 games and scored 127.9 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR48.

He caught 47 of 60 targets for 652 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 13.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 39 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.

Luther Burden III was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyjae Spears scored 8.6 PPR points a game and Luther Burden III 8.5, 0.1 a game between them.

Luther Burden III finished WR48 and Tyjae Spears RB44, which are two different ladders.

Luther Burden III is a wide receiver and Tyjae Spears a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Luther Burden III is off in Week 10 and Tyjae Spears in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tyjae Spears is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Tyjae Spears is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.