Matthew Stafford or Tyjae Spears: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Matthew Stafford at 15.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 42nd highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

The player markets price Tyjae Spears at 7.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 books. That is the 138th highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Matthew Stafford: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 127th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 17.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyjae Spears: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 130th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 186.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Matthew Stafford has been on the field for 92 percent of LAR snaps, dropped back 57 times and thrown 10.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 9 of 57 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.

In Week 1 against SF he completed 15 of 25 passes for 155 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 0 yards.

In Week 2 against NYG he completed 22 of 30 passes for 327 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 2 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 Matthew Stafford played 17 games and scored 358.4 PPR points, 21.1 a game, finishing QB3.

He threw for 4707 yards on 597 attempts with 46 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 1 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 35.1 attempts a game at 7.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 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.

Matthew Stafford was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Matthew Stafford scored 21.1 PPR points a game and Tyjae Spears 8.6, 12.5 a game between them.

Matthew Stafford finished QB3 and Tyjae Spears RB44, which are two different ladders.

Matthew Stafford 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

Matthew Stafford is off in Week 11 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

7.8 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.