Start Bhayshul Tuten or Tyjae Spears? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Bhayshul Tuten over Tyjae Spears in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Bhayshul Tuten at 13.4 points and Tyjae Spears at 4.9, a gap of 8.5.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 13.4 fantasy points for Bhayshul Tuten, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Bhayshul Tuten at 66.5 rushing yards, 9.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 51% chance to score a touchdown (15, 14, 14 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.9 fantasy points for Tyjae Spears, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Tyjae Spears at 14.5 rushing yards, 9.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 14% chance to score a touchdown (8, 8, 7 and 11 market sources).

That puts Bhayshul Tuten 8.5 points ahead of Tyjae Spears on the market projections.

Injury status

Bhayshul Tuten is not on the injury report.

Tyjae Spears is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Bhayshul Tuten played 52 percent of JAX snaps, took 56 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 1 against CLE: 28 of 57 snaps, 15 carries for 66 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 22 yards.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 2 against DEN: 30 of 59 snaps, 13 carries for 65 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for -3 yards, 1 touchdown.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 3 against NE: 30 of 62 snaps, 15 carries for 73 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards, 1 touchdown.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 4 against CIN: 36 of 61 snaps, 17 carries for 73 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards.

Through Week 4, Tyjae Spears played 42 percent of TEN snaps, took 17 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyjae Spears, Week 1 against NYJ: 25 of 50 snaps, 3 carries for 12 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Tyjae Spears, Week 2 against PHI: 19 of 53 snaps, 7 carries for 41 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 29 yards.

Tyjae Spears, Week 3 against NYG: 28 of 60 snaps, 3 carries for 5 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Tyjae Spears, Week 4 against BAL: 23 of 64 snaps, 2 carries for 7 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -1 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Bhayshul Tuten played 15 games for JAX and scored 88.6 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB53.

He ran 83 times for 307 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 14 targets for 79 yards.

He was on the field for 21 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Tyjae Spears played 13 games for TEN and scored 111.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB44.

He ran 72 times for 283 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 45 of 50 targets for 264 yards.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Blake Corum.
• Start Blake Corum over Tyjae Spears.
• Start Brian Robinson over Tyjae Spears.
• Start Bucky Irving over Tyjae Spears.