Start Tyjae Spears or Brian Robinson? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Brian Robinson over Tyjae Spears in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Brian Robinson at 8.7 points and Tyjae Spears at 4.9, a gap of 3.8. Brian Robinson'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 Brian Robinson 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 8.7 fantasy points for Brian Robinson, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Brian Robinson at 35.5 rushing yards, with a 30% chance to score a touchdown (15 and 15 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 Brian Robinson 3.8 points ahead of Tyjae Spears on the market projections.

Injury status

Brian Robinson is not on the injury report.

Tyjae Spears is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Brian Robinson played 35 percent of ATL snaps, took 33 percent of the carries, drew 3 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

Brian Robinson, Week 1 against PIT: 15 of 60 snaps, 9 carries for 31 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Brian Robinson, Week 2 against CAR: 33 of 69 snaps, 11 carries for 51 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.

Brian Robinson, Week 3 against GB: 19 of 71 snaps, 10 carries for 50 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brian Robinson, Week 4 against NO: 24 of 57 snaps, 14 carries for 62 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards, 3 touchdowns.

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, Brian Robinson played 17 games for SF and scored 62.5 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing RB63.

He ran 92 times for 400 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 12 targets for 25 yards.

He was on the field for 17 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 Brian Robinson.
• Start Brian Robinson over Blake Corum.
• Start Bucky Irving over Brian Robinson.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Tyjae Spears.
• Start Blake Corum over Tyjae Spears.
• Start Bucky Irving over Tyjae Spears.