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Should I start Ollie Gordon II or Tyjae Spears in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 11:16 PM ET.

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Week 7 verdict

Start

RB · MIA · at NYJ

Market projects
9.7
fantasy pts
NYJ D vs RB
21.9
14th most to RBs (2026)
Upside
High
89 of 100 at RB
Sit

RB · TEN · vs CLE

Market projects
5.7
fantasy pts
CLE D vs RB
16.1
2nd fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
5 of 100 at RB
Snap share
42%
Through Week 6
Target share
10%
Through Week 6
Start Gordon or Spears? The full Week 7 breakdown

Start Ollie Gordon II: 71 percent of the snaps and 53 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Tyjae Spears's 39 percent of the snaps and 8 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Tyjae Spears for Ollie Gordon II?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Ollie Gordon II projects 110 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.0 a game over 11 games), Tyjae Spears 64 (6.4 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Ollie Gordon II over Tyjae Spears, 9.7 to 5.7 projected PPR points.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

RB21 · MIA · bye 6

2026 vs anytime td line 3-2

Market-based projection
9.7 pts a game

RB31 · TEN · bye 9

2026 vs carries line 1-5

Market-based projection
6.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
97

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ollie Gordon II, and the board ranks him 47th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyjae Spears, and the board ranks him 97th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Ollie Gordon II's market-based projection is 9.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 86th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Tyjae Spears is 5.7 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 market sources. That is 50 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Ollie Gordon II has been on the field for 48 percent of MIA snaps, taken 36 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 5 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 3.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against KC he carried 17 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 14 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 9 times for 100 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against CIN he carried 18 times for 88 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Ollie Gordon II played 17 games and scored 54.1 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB68.

He carried 70 times for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 4.1 carries a game at 2.8 yards a carry and 0.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 22 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.

Ollie Gordon II was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tyjae Spears scored 8.6 PPR points a game and Ollie Gordon II 3.2, 5.4 a game between them.

Ollie Gordon II finished RB68 that year and Tyjae Spears RB44.

Tyjae Spears had 2 more carries than Ollie Gordon II, 72 to 70.

Tyjae Spears had 38 more catches than Ollie Gordon II, 45 to 7.

This season Ollie Gordon II holds the bigger snap share, 48 percent against 42 percent.

This season Ollie Gordon II holds the bigger share of the carries, 36 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Ollie Gordon II is off in Week 6 and Tyjae Spears in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Tyjae Spears has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Tyjae Spears for Ollie Gordon II?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Ollie Gordon II projects 110 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.0 a game over 11 games), Tyjae Spears 64 (6.4 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Ollie Gordon II over Tyjae Spears, 9.7 to 5.7 projected PPR points.

  • Should I drop Ollie Gordon II for Tyjae Spears?

    No. Keep Ollie Gordon II: he projects 110 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.0 a game over 11 games), Tyjae Spears 64 (6.4 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Ollie Gordon II over Tyjae Spears, 9.7 to 5.7 projected PPR points.

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