Start Tyjae Spears or Corey Kiner? Week 8

Updated Oct 28, 2:42 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.

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Oct 25, 11:43 AM ET: Tyjae Spears: Questionable to Out (Knee) (Sleeper injury feed)
Oct 23, 4:13 PM ET: Tyjae Spears: Listed Questionable (Knee) (Sleeper injury feed)
Oct 21, 1:43 PM ET: Tyjae Spears: Listed Questionable (Undisclosed) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Tyjae Spears over Corey Kiner

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Tyjae Spears

RB · TEN · at CIN · Questionable

Market projects: 5.6; recent weeks avg
CIN D vs RB: 17.9; 4th fewest to RBs (2026)
Snap share: 42%; Through Week 6
Target share: 10%; Through Week 6

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Corey Kiner

RB · NE · at MIA

Market projects: 3.2; recent weeks avg
MIA D vs RB: 26.4; 4th most to RBs (2026)
Upside: Moderate; 48 of 100 at RB
Snap share: 12%; Through Week 7
Target share: 1%; Through Week 7

Should I drop Corey Kiner for Tyjae Spears?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Tyjae Spears projects 51 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (5.7 a game over 9 games), Corey Kiner 19 (2.1 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Tyjae Spears over Corey Kiner. Tyjae Spears is listed questionable.

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Our Week 8 call

Start Tyjae Spears over Corey Kiner in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Tyjae Spears at 5.6 points and Corey Kiner at 3.2, a gap of 2.4. No player market is posted for Tyjae Spears this week yet, so his 5.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (5.0, 6.3 and 5.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Corey Kiner this week yet, so his 3.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (3.2 and 3.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Tyjae Spears yet. His market-based projections were 5.0, 6.4 and 5.5 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 5.6, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Tyjae Spears is 0.2 touchdowns (6 market sources).

No Week 8 player market is posted for Corey Kiner yet. His market-based projections were 3.2 and 3.3 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 3.2, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Corey Kiner is 0.1 touchdowns (8 market sources).

That puts Tyjae Spears 2.4 points ahead of Corey Kiner on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Tyjae Spears and TEN visit CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CIN allowed 17.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 81 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against CIN and caught passes for 32 more yards.

Corey Kiner and NE visit MIA on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

MIA allowed 26.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 4th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 103 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against MIA and caught passes for 46 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Corey Kiner has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Tyjae Spears is listed as questionable with a knee injury.

Corey Kiner is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 6, Tyjae Spears played 42 percent of TEN snaps, took 14 percent of the carries, drew 10 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Tyjae Spears, Week 5 against HOU: 34 of 63 snaps, 2 carries for 0 yards, 9 targets and 9 catches for 28 yards.

Tyjae Spears, Week 6 against IND: 11 of 46 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Through Week 7, Corey Kiner played 12 percent of NE snaps, took 18 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Corey Kiner, Week 4 against BUF: 2 of 76 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Corey Kiner, Week 5 against LV: 15 of 75 snaps, 6 carries for 52 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Corey Kiner, Week 6 against NYJ: 12 of 68 snaps, 11 carries for 57 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Corey Kiner, Week 7 against CHI: 6 of 54 snaps, 4 carries for 13 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Corey Kiner played 4 games for ARI and scored 9.3 PPR points, 2.3 a game, finishing RB112.

He ran 12 times for 58 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards.

He was on the field for 7 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Corey Kiner for Tyjae Spears?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Tyjae Spears projects 51 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (5.7 a game over 9 games), Corey Kiner 19 (2.1 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Tyjae Spears over Corey Kiner. Tyjae Spears is listed questionable.
Should I drop Tyjae Spears for Corey Kiner?
No. Keep Tyjae Spears: he projects 51 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (5.7 a game over 9 games), Corey Kiner 19 (2.1 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Tyjae Spears over Corey Kiner. Tyjae Spears is listed questionable.

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