Start Jaylen Wright or Tyjae Spears? Week 8

Updated Oct 28, 6:16 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.

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Oct 25, 4:13 PM ET: Jaylen Wright: Listed Questionable (Quadriceps) (Sleeper injury feed)
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)

Start Tyjae Spears over Jaylen Wright

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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

Sit

Jaylen Wright

RB · MIA · vs NE · Questionable

Market projects: 4.3; fantasy pts
NE D vs RB: 20.6; 13th fewest to RBs (2026)
Snap share: 13%; Through Week 7
Target share: 1%; Through Week 7

Should I drop Jaylen Wright 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), Jaylen Wright 28 (2.8 a game over 10 games). For Week 8 the call starts Tyjae Spears over Jaylen Wright. Jaylen Wright is listed questionable. Tyjae Spears is listed questionable.

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Our Week 8 call

Start Tyjae Spears over Jaylen Wright in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Tyjae Spears at 5.6 points and Jaylen Wright at 4.3, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Jaylen Wright'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. 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.

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).

Player markets imply 4.3 fantasy points for Jaylen Wright, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jaylen Wright is 17 rushing yards and 0.2 touchdowns (7 and 8 market sources).

That puts Tyjae Spears 1.3 points ahead of Jaylen Wright 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.

Jaylen Wright and MIA host NE on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

NE allowed 20.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 13th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 83 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against NE and caught passes for 35 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Jaylen Wright has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Tyjae Spears is listed as questionable with a knee injury.

Jaylen Wright is listed as questionable with a quadriceps injury.

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, Jaylen Wright played 13 percent of MIA snaps, took 14 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaylen Wright, Week 2 against SF: 3 of 59 snaps, 2 carries for 11 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaylen Wright, Week 4 against MIN: 12 of 39 snaps, 5 carries for 7 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaylen Wright, Week 5 against CIN: 9 of 66 snaps, 6 carries for 11 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jaylen Wright, Week 7 against NYJ: 8 of 65 snaps, 6 carries for 8 yards, 1 target 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, Jaylen Wright played 10 games for MIA and scored 48.2 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB70.

He ran 70 times for 288 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 9 targets for 44 yards.

He was on the field for 14 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 Jaylen Wright 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), Jaylen Wright 28 (2.8 a game over 10 games). For Week 8 the call starts Tyjae Spears over Jaylen Wright. Jaylen Wright is listed questionable. Tyjae Spears is listed questionable.
Should I drop Tyjae Spears for Jaylen Wright?
No. Keep Tyjae Spears: he projects 51 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (5.7 a game over 9 games), Jaylen Wright 28 (2.8 a game over 10 games). For Week 8 the call starts Tyjae Spears over Jaylen Wright. Tyjae Spears is listed questionable. Jaylen Wright is listed questionable.