Ty Johnson or Tyjae Spears: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ty Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyjae Spears: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Ty Johnson at 8.6 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is 60 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Tyjae Spears at 6.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 88th highest figure of the 145 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Ty Johnson has been on the field for 27 percent of BUF snaps, taken 1 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 0.9 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against LAC he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAR he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 72 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Tyjae Spears has been on the field for 44 percent of TEN snaps, taken 16 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 2.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

In Week 5 against HOU he carried 2 times for 0 yards, caught 9 of 9 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ty Johnson played 17 games and scored 100.3 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB47.

He carried 50 times for 200 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 33 targets for 263 more yards.

That came to 2.9 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 1.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 29 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 5.5 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.

Ty Johnson was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tyjae Spears scored 8.6 PPR points a game and Ty Johnson 5.9, 2.7 a game between them.

Ty Johnson finished RB47 that year and Tyjae Spears RB44.

Tyjae Spears had 22 more carries than Ty Johnson, 72 to 50.

Tyjae Spears had 21 more catches than Ty Johnson, 45 to 24.

This season Tyjae Spears holds the bigger snap share, 44 percent against 27 percent.

This season Tyjae Spears holds the bigger share of the carries, 16 percent against 1 percent.

What would change the answer

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