Malik Willis or Tyjae Spears: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Willis: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 90.

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 Malik Willis at 14.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 50th 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, Malik Willis has been on the field for 100 percent of MIA snaps, dropped back 65 times and thrown 9.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 14 of 65 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 1 against LV he completed 15 of 27 passes for 220 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 6 times for 39 yards.

In Week 2 against SF he completed 14 of 23 passes for 197 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 6 yards.

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 Malik Willis played 4 games and scored 51.2 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing QB45.

He threw for 422 yards on 35 attempts with 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran for 123 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 8.8 attempts a game at 12.1 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 10 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.

Tyjae Spears was available for 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Malik Willis scored 12.8 PPR points a game and Tyjae Spears 8.6, 4.2 a game between them.

Malik Willis finished QB45 and Tyjae Spears RB44, which are two different ladders.

Malik Willis is a quarterback 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

Malik Willis is off in Week 6 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.