Tyjae Spears or Tyler Goodson: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Tyjae Spears at 5.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 157th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

The player markets price Tyler Goodson at 2.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 195th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyjae Spears: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 173rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Goodson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 205th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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, Tyler Goodson has been on the field for 18 percent of DAL snaps, taken 16 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 3.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against BAL he carried 6 times for 22 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against HOU he carried 3 times for 12 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 5.5 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 Tyler Goodson played 11 games and scored 5.2 PPR points, 0.5 a game, finishing RB121.

He carried 9 times for 24 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 8 more yards.

That came to 0.8 carries a game at 2.7 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tyjae Spears was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tyjae Spears scored 8.6 PPR points a game and Tyler Goodson 0.5, 8.1 a game between them.

Tyjae Spears finished RB44 that year and Tyler Goodson RB121.

Tyjae Spears had 63 more carries than Tyler Goodson, 72 to 9.

Tyjae Spears had 43 more catches than Tyler Goodson, 45 to 2.

This season Tyjae Spears holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 18 percent.

This season Tyjae Spears holds the bigger share of the carries, 17 percent against 16 percent.

What would change the answer

2.2 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.