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Should I start Tyjae Spears or Ray Davis in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 11:31 AM ET.

Start Tyjae Spears: 39 percent of the snaps and 8 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Ray Davis's 17 percent of the snaps and 9 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 Ray Davis for Tyjae Spears?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Tyjae Spears projects 46 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (5.7 a game over 8 games), Ray Davis 8 (1.0 a game over 8 games). Tyjae Spears is listed out.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

RB54 · TEN · bye 9

2026 vs carries line 1-5

Overall rank
207

RB55 · BUF · bye 7

2026 vs anytime td line 0-8

Market-based projection
1.3 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
208

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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 Tyjae Spears, and the board ranks him 207th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ray Davis, and the board ranks him 208th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyjae Spears is 1.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Ray Davis is 0.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 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 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.

Through Week 9, Ray Davis has been on the field for 13 percent of BUF snaps, taken 5 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 0 of its 27 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have come 3.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against LV he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BAL he carried 6 times for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against MIN he carried 2 times for 2 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Ray Davis played 17 games and scored 64.1 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing RB61.

He carried 58 times for 275 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 13 targets for 86 more yards.

That came to 3.4 carries a game at 4.7 yards a carry and 0.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 11 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ray Davis was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tyjae Spears scored 8.6 PPR points a game and Ray Davis 3.8, 4.8 a game between them.

Tyjae Spears finished RB44 that year and Ray Davis RB61.

Tyjae Spears had 14 more carries than Ray Davis, 72 to 58.

Tyjae Spears had 35 more catches than Ray Davis, 45 to 10.

This season Tyjae Spears holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 13 percent.

This season Tyjae Spears holds the bigger share of the carries, 14 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Tyjae Spears is off in Week 9 and Ray Davis in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tyjae Spears is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Ray Davis for Tyjae Spears?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Tyjae Spears projects 46 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (5.7 a game over 8 games), Ray Davis 8 (1.0 a game over 8 games). Tyjae Spears is listed out.

  • Should I drop Tyjae Spears for Ray Davis?

    No. Keep Tyjae Spears: he projects 46 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (5.7 a game over 8 games), Ray Davis 8 (1.0 a game over 8 games). Tyjae Spears is listed out.

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