Start Tyjae Spears or Justice Hill? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Tyjae Spears over Justice Hill in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Tyjae Spears at 6.4 points and Justice Hill at 5.7, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Justice Hill this week yet, so his 5.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (6.0, 4.9 and 6.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.4 fantasy points for Tyjae Spears, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tyjae Spears is 13 rushing yards, 15 receiving yards and 2-3 receptions, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (10, 12, 10 and 12 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Justice Hill yet. His market-based projections were 6.0, 4.9 and 6.2 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 5.7, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Justice Hill a 16% chance to score a touchdown (9 market sources).

That puts Tyjae Spears 0.7 points ahead of Justice Hill on these projections.

Injury status

Tyjae Spears is listed as questionable with a knee injury.

Justice Hill is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Tyjae Spears played 44 percent of TEN snaps, took 16 percent of the carries, drew 11 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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

Through Week 5, Justice Hill played 42 percent of BAL snaps, took 12 percent of the carries, drew 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Justice Hill, Week 2 against NO: 27 of 58 snaps, 2 carries for 6 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Justice Hill, Week 3 against DAL: 21 of 64 snaps, 5 carries for 33 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Justice Hill, Week 4 against TEN: 24 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.

Justice Hill, Week 5 against ATL: 35 of 76 snaps, 4 carries for 73 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 5 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, Justice Hill played 10 games for BAL and scored 65.2 PPR points, 6.5 a game, finishing RB60.

He ran 18 times for 93 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 21 of 27 targets for 169 yards.

He was on the field for 37 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Tyjae Spears.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Tyjae Spears.
• Start Blake Corum over Tyjae Spears.
• Start Justice Hill over AJ Dillon.
• Start Brian Robinson over Justice Hill.
• Start Justice Hill over Chris Rodriguez Jr..