Start Blake Corum or Tyjae Spears? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Blake Corum over Tyjae Spears in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Blake Corum at 7.8 points and Tyjae Spears at 5.0, a gap of 2.8. Blake Corum's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Market coverage on Blake Corum is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 7.8 fantasy points for Blake Corum, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Blake Corum at 31.5 rushing yards, with a 27% chance to score a touchdown (15 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.0 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 15% chance to score a touchdown (7, 8, 7 and 12 market sources).

That puts Blake Corum 2.8 points ahead of Tyjae Spears on the market projections.

Injury status

Blake Corum is not on the injury report.

Tyjae Spears is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Blake Corum played 27 percent of LAR snaps, took 33 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Blake Corum, Week 1 against SF: 14 of 61 snaps, 10 carries for 54 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 2 against NYG: 28 of 62 snaps, 12 carries for 79 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 13 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 3 against DEN: 25 of 86 snaps, 6 carries for 15 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 0 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 4 against PHI: 13 of 84 snaps, 5 carries for 14 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 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, Blake Corum played 17 games for LAR and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing RB40.

He ran 145 times for 746 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 14 targets for 36 yards.

He was on the field for 29 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 Bhayshul Tuten over Blake Corum.
• Start Brian Robinson over Blake Corum.
• Start Bucky Irving over Blake Corum.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Tyjae Spears.
• Start Brian Robinson over Tyjae Spears.
• Start Bucky Irving over Tyjae Spears.