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Should I start Tyrone Tracy Jr. or Tyjae Spears in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 5:01 PM ET.

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Week 7 verdict

Start Tyjae Spears over Tyrone Tracy Jr.

Spears projects lower, 5.7 to 6.3, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 132 for Spears, 192 for Tracy.

Start

RB · TEN · vs CLE

Market projects
5.7
fantasy pts
CLE D vs RB
16.1
2nd fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
5 of 100 at RB
Snap share
42%
Through Week 6
Target share
10%
Through Week 6
Sit

RB · NYG · at HOU

Market projects
6.3
fantasy pts
HOU D vs RB
18.9
9th fewest to RBs (2026)
Start Spears or Tracy? The full Week 7 breakdown

Start Tyjae Spears: 39 percent of the snaps and 8 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Tyrone Tracy Jr.'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 Jr. 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 Jr. 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Tyjae Spears over Tyrone Tracy Jr.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

RB27 · NYG · bye 8

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection
6.3 pts a game

RB28 · TEN · bye 9

2026 vs carries line 1-5

Market-based projection
6.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
76

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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 Jr., and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyjae Spears, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Tyrone Tracy Jr.'s market-based projection is 6.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 115th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Tyjae Spears is 5.7 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 market sources. That is 50 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Tyjae Spears'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 Jr. 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 Jr. 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 Jr. was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tyrone Tracy Jr. scored 10.7 PPR points a game and Tyjae Spears 8.6, 2.1 a game between them.

Tyrone Tracy Jr. finished RB28 that year and Tyjae Spears RB44.

Tyrone Tracy Jr. had 104 more carries than Tyjae Spears, 176 to 72.

Tyjae Spears had 9 more catches than Tyrone Tracy Jr., 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 Jr. is off in Week 8 and Tyjae Spears in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Tyjae Spears has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Tyrone Tracy Jr. 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 Jr. 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Tyjae Spears over Tyrone Tracy Jr.

  • Should I drop Tyjae Spears for Tyrone Tracy Jr.?

    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 Jr. 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Tyjae Spears over Tyrone Tracy Jr.

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