Start Tyjae Spears or Dameon Pierce? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Tyjae Spears over Dameon Pierce in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Tyjae Spears at 4.9 points and Dameon Pierce at 4.0, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

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 (15, 15, 14 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.0 fantasy points for Dameon Pierce, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Dameon Pierce at 23.5 rushing yards, with a 17% chance to score a touchdown (15 and 15 market sources).

That puts Tyjae Spears 0.9 points ahead of Dameon Pierce on the market projections.

Injury status

Tyjae Spears is not on the injury report.

Dameon Pierce is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

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, 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, Dameon Pierce played 5 games for KC and scored 3.6 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB128.

He ran 14 times for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards.

He was on the field for 8 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Dameon Pierce, Week 18 of 2025 against LV: 4 carries for 10 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1.0 PPR points.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Tyjae Spears.
• Start Blake Corum over Tyjae Spears.
• Start Brian Robinson over Tyjae Spears.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Dameon Pierce.