Tyjae Spears or Rhamondre Stevenson: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyjae Spears: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rhamondre Stevenson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 151st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Tyjae Spears at 5.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 143rd highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The market has Rhamondre Stevenson at 4.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 14 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Tyjae Spears has been on the field for 42 percent of TEN snaps, taken 17 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have come 2.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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

In Week 3 against NYG he carried 3 times for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he carried 2 times for 7 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -1 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Rhamondre Stevenson has been on the field for 62 percent of NE snaps, taken 38 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 0.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against PIT he carried 6 times for 43 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against JAX he carried 7 times for 22 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he carried 13 times for 47 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 5.5 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.

In 2025 Rhamondre Stevenson played 14 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing RB25.

He carried 130 times for 603 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 37 targets for 345 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rhamondre Stevenson was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

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

Tyjae Spears finished RB44 that year and Rhamondre Stevenson RB25.

Rhamondre Stevenson had 58 more carries than Tyjae Spears, 130 to 72.

Tyjae Spears had 13 more catches than Rhamondre Stevenson, 45 to 32.

This season Rhamondre Stevenson holds the bigger snap share, 62 percent against 42 percent.

This season Rhamondre Stevenson holds the bigger share of the carries, 38 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Rhamondre Stevenson is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Tyjae Spears.

Rhamondre Stevenson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Rhamondre Stevenson is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.