Start Kendre Miller or Tyjae Spears? Week 7

Updated Oct 19, 9:21 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Kendre Miller over Tyjae Spears

Start

Kendre Miller

Market projects: 11.4; fantasy pts
Snap share: 26%; Through Week 6
Target share: 4%; Through Week 6

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Tyjae Spears

RB · TEN · vs CLE

Market projects: 5.2; recent weeks avg
CLE D vs RB: 17.6; 6th fewest to RBs (2026)
Snap share: 44%; Through Week 6
Target share: 10%; Through Week 6

Should I drop Kendre Miller for Tyjae Spears?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Tyjae Spears projects 64 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.4 a game over 10 games), Kendre Miller 52 (5.2 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Kendre Miller over Tyjae Spears. So make the move after his Week 7 game.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Kendre Miller over Tyjae Spears in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Kendre Miller at 11.4 points and Tyjae Spears at 5.2, a gap of 6.2. Kendre Miller'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 5.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (5.4 and 5.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Market coverage on Kendre Miller 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 11.4 fantasy points for Kendre Miller, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kendre Miller is 46 rushing yards and 0-1 touchdowns (4 and 6 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Tyjae Spears yet. His market-based projections were 5.4 and 5.0 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 5.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Kendre Miller 6.2 points ahead of Tyjae Spears on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Tyjae Spears and TEN host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 17.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 107 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against CLE and caught passes for 19 more yards.

Injury status

Kendre Miller is not on the injury report.

Tyjae Spears is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Kendre Miller played 26 percent of NO snaps, took 39 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

Kendre Miller, Week 3 against LV: 14 of 74 snaps, 4 carries for 14 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards.

Kendre Miller, Week 4 against ATL: 19 of 74 snaps, 6 carries for 9 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards.

Kendre Miller, Week 5 against MIN: 14 of 45 snaps, 10 carries for 30 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kendre Miller, Week 6 against NYG: 20 carries for 70 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 6, Tyjae Spears played 44 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: 1 carry for 1 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Kendre Miller played 7 games for NO and scored 33.3 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB79.

He ran 47 times for 193 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 5 of 5 targets for 30 yards.

He was on the field for 24 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 7 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Kendre Miller for Tyjae Spears?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Tyjae Spears projects 64 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.4 a game over 10 games), Kendre Miller 52 (5.2 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Kendre Miller over Tyjae Spears. So make the move after his Week 7 game.
Should I drop Tyjae Spears for Kendre Miller?
No. Keep Tyjae Spears: he projects 64 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.4 a game over 10 games), Kendre Miller 52 (5.2 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Kendre Miller over Tyjae Spears.