Start Kenny Gainwell or Tyjae Spears? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Kenny Gainwell over Tyjae Spears in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Kenny Gainwell at 6.3 points and Tyjae Spears at 6.3, a gap of 0.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Drafters take Kenny Gainwell at ADP 95 and Tyjae Spears at 132.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.3 fantasy points for Kenny Gainwell, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kenny Gainwell is 12 rushing yards, 13 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (8, 13, 12 and 6 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.3 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, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (6, 7, 4 and 12 market sources).

That puts Kenny Gainwell 0.0 points ahead of Tyjae Spears on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Kenny Gainwell and TB host PIT on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

PIT allowed 22.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 11th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 91 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against PIT and caught passes for 40 more yards.

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

IND allowed 26.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 5th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 100 yards and a touchdown a game against IND and caught passes for 53 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Tyjae Spears has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Kenny Gainwell is not on the injury report.

Tyjae Spears is listed as questionable with a knee injury.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Kenny Gainwell played 41 percent of TB snaps, took 13 percent of the carries, drew 11 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Kenny Gainwell, Week 2 against CLE: 23 of 65 snaps, 2 carries for 10 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 5 yards.

Kenny Gainwell, Week 3 against MIN: 32 of 69 snaps, 3 carries for -4 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Kenny Gainwell, Week 4 against GB: 27 of 64 snaps, 3 carries for 5 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kenny Gainwell, Week 5 against DAL: 26 of 72 snaps, 4 carries for 18 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 10 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Kenny Gainwell played 17 games for PIT and scored 222.3 PPR points, 13.1 a game, finishing RB16.

He ran 114 times for 537 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 73 of 85 targets for 486 yards.

He was on the field for 49 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 6 calls

• Start Kenny Gainwell over AJ Dillon.
• Start Kenny Gainwell over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Kenny Gainwell over Brian Robinson.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Tyjae Spears.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Tyjae Spears.
• Start Blake Corum over Tyjae Spears.