Should I start Tyrone Tracy or Tyjae Spears in Week 7?
Updated Oct 20, 9:21 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Start Tyjae Spears: 39 percent of the snaps and 8 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Tyrone Tracy's 25 percent of the snaps and 14 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.
Should I drop Tyrone Tracy for Tyjae Spears?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Tyjae Spears projects 64 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.4 a game over 10 games), Tyrone Tracy 9 (0.9 a game over 10 games).
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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.
RB48 · NYG · bye 8
2026 vs anytime td line 1-5
- Overall rank
- 153
RB49 · TEN · bye 9
2026 vs carries line 1-5
- Market-based projection
- 6.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 154
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The gap
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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 Tyrone Tracy, and the board ranks him 153rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyjae Spears, and the board ranks him 154th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Tyrone Tracy is 1.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 1.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.
Tyrone Tracy's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 6
Through Week 6, Tyrone Tracy has been on the field for 15 percent of NYG snaps, taken 8 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 3 of the offence's 55 third down targets, had 1 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 27 two minute targets.
His 6 targets have averaged 1.7 air yards.
In Week 4 against ARI he carried 1 time for -1 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against WAS he carried 3 times for 6 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 25 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against NO he carried 6 times for 18 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 27 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 Tyrone Tracy played 15 games and scored 160.8 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing RB28.
He carried 176 times for 740 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 48 targets for 288 more yards.
That came to 11.7 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.
He was on the field for 54 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.
Tyrone Tracy was available for 2 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Tyrone Tracy scored 10.7 PPR points a game and Tyjae Spears 8.6, 2.1 a game between them.
Tyrone Tracy finished RB28 that year and Tyjae Spears RB44.
Tyrone Tracy had 104 more carries than Tyjae Spears, 176 to 72.
Tyjae Spears had 9 more catches than Tyrone Tracy, 45 to 36.
This season Tyjae Spears holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 15 percent.
This season Tyjae Spears holds the bigger share of the carries, 14 percent against 8 percent.
Byes and availability
Tyrone Tracy is off in Week 8 and Tyjae Spears in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Tyrone Tracy for Tyjae Spears?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Tyjae Spears projects 64 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.4 a game over 10 games), Tyrone Tracy 9 (0.9 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Tyjae Spears for Tyrone Tracy?
No. Keep Tyjae Spears: he projects 64 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.4 a game over 10 games), Tyrone Tracy 9 (0.9 a game over 10 games).
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