Should I drop Tyjae Spears for Pierre Strong Jr.?

Not on these numbers alone. Tyjae Spears projects 64 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.4 a game over 10 games) and Pierre Strong Jr. 63 (6.3 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Tyjae Spears over Pierre Strong Jr., 5.7 to 4.9 projected PPR points.

Start Tyjae Spears or Pierre Strong Jr.? Week 7

Updated Oct 21, 11:16 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

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Oct 21, 1:43 PM ET: Tyjae Spears: Listed Questionable (Undisclosed) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Tyjae Spears over Pierre Strong Jr.

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Tyjae Spears

RB · TEN · vs CLE

Market projects: 5.7; fantasy pts
CLE D vs RB: 16.1; 2nd fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside: Limited; 5 of 100 at RB
Snap share: 42%; Through Week 6
Target share: 10%; Through Week 6

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Pierre Strong Jr.

RB · GB · at DET

Market projects: 4.9; fantasy pts
DET D vs RB: 18.7; 8th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside: High; 85 of 100 at RB

Should I drop Pierre Strong Jr. for Tyjae Spears?

Not on these numbers alone. Pierre Strong Jr. projects 63 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 10 games) and Tyjae Spears 64 (6.4 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Tyjae Spears over Pierre Strong Jr., 5.7 to 4.9 projected PPR points.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Tyjae Spears over Pierre Strong Jr. in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Tyjae Spears at 5.7 points and Pierre Strong Jr. at 4.9, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Tyjae Spears'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. Market coverage on Tyjae Spears is 50 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 5.7 fantasy points for Tyjae Spears, with 50 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tyjae Spears is 0.2 touchdowns (12 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.9 fantasy points for Pierre Strong Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Pierre Strong Jr. is 11 rushing yards, 8 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (6, 5, 4 and 13 market sources).

That puts Tyjae Spears 0.8 points ahead of Pierre Strong Jr. on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

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

CLE allowed 16.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 99 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against CLE and caught passes for 18 more yards.

Pierre Strong Jr. and GB visit DET on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DET allowed 18.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 84 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against DET and caught passes for 16 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Pierre Strong Jr. has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Tyjae Spears is not on the injury report.

Pierre Strong Jr. is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

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.

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.

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 Pierre Strong Jr. for Tyjae Spears?
Not on these numbers alone. Pierre Strong Jr. projects 63 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 10 games) and Tyjae Spears 64 (6.4 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Tyjae Spears over Pierre Strong Jr., 5.7 to 4.9 projected PPR points.
Should I drop Tyjae Spears for Pierre Strong Jr.?
Not on these numbers alone. Tyjae Spears projects 64 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.4 a game over 10 games) and Pierre Strong Jr. 63 (6.3 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Tyjae Spears over Pierre Strong Jr., 5.7 to 4.9 projected PPR points.