Should I start Roschon Johnson or Tyjae Spears in Week 7?
Updated Oct 20, 2:41 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Week 7 verdict
Start Tyjae Spears over Roschon Johnson

- Market projects
- 5.6
- recent weeks avg
- CLE D vs RB
- 16.1
- 2nd fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 42%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 10%
- Through Week 6

- Market projects
- 4.7
- recent weeks avg
- NE D vs RB
- 20.6
- 16th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 22%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 7%
- Through Week 6
Start Tyjae Spears: 39 percent of the snaps and 8 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Roschon Johnson's 28 percent of the snaps and 21 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.
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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.
RB41 · CHI · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 1-5
- Market-based projection
- 5.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 123
RB46 · TEN · bye 9
2026 vs carries line 1-5
- Market-based projection
- 6.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 148
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The gap
- Board size299 draftable players
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 Roschon Johnson, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyjae Spears, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Roschon Johnson is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. 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 Tyjae Spears is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Roschon Johnson's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 6
Through Week 6, Roschon Johnson has been on the field for 22 percent of CHI snaps, taken 16 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 3 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 3 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.
His 10 targets have averaged 2.9 air yards.
In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 4 times for 16 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against GB he carried 5 times for 6 yards, caught 5 of 7 targets for 34 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against ATL he carried 13 times for 51 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 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 Roschon Johnson played 7 games and scored 1.7 PPR points, 0.2 a game, finishing RB134.
He carried 2 times for 17 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 more yards.
That came to 0.3 carries a game at 9 yards a carry.
He was on the field for 1 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.
Tyjae Spears was available for 6 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Tyjae Spears scored 8.6 PPR points a game and Roschon Johnson 0.2, 8.3 a game between them.
Roschon Johnson finished RB134 that year and Tyjae Spears RB44.
Tyjae Spears had 70 more carries than Roschon Johnson, 72 to 2.
Tyjae Spears had 45 more catches than Roschon Johnson, 45 to 0.
This season Tyjae Spears holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 22 percent.
This season Roschon Johnson holds the bigger share of the carries, 16 percent against 14 percent.
Byes and availability
Roschon Johnson is off in Week 10 and Tyjae Spears in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.
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