Should I start Tommy Tremble or Tyjae Spears in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tommy Tremble, and the board ranks him 149th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyjae Spears, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tommy Tremble is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end'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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Tommy Tremble has been on the field for 56 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 5.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 3 of 4 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 4 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 4 of 4 targets for 46 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Tommy Tremble played 17 games and scored 63.9 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing TE42.

He caught 27 of 37 targets for 249 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 2.2 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 9.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 60 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.

Tommy Tremble was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

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

Tommy Tremble finished TE42 and Tyjae Spears RB44, which are two different ladders.

Tommy Tremble is a tight end 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

Tommy Tremble is off in Week 5 and Tyjae Spears in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.