Start Rachaad White or Tyjae Spears? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Rachaad White over Tyjae Spears in Week 1.

Rachaad White is priced by the books at 4.3 projected points. Tyjae Spears has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Rachaad White at ADP 136 and Tyjae Spears at 143. Market coverage on Rachaad White is 33 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 4.3 fantasy points for Rachaad White, with 33 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

No sportsbook posted a player market for Tyjae Spears in Week 1.

Week 1 matchups

Rachaad White and WAS visit PHI on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

PHI allowed 18.9 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 13th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 101 yards and a touchdown against PHI and caught passes for -2 more yards.

Tyjae Spears and TEN host NYJ.

NYJ allowed 8.8 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 47 yards and no touchdowns against NYJ and caught passes for 11 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Rachaad White has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Rachaad White was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Tyjae Spears was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Rachaad White played 17 games for TB and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB32.

He ran 132 times for 572 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 218 yards.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Rachaad White, Week 18 of 2025 against CAR: 22 of 67 snaps, 7 carries for 23 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 6.1 PPR points.

Rachaad White, Week 17 of 2025 against MIA: 32 of 67 snaps, 2 carries for 10 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards, 3.7 PPR points.

Rachaad White, Week 16 of 2025 against CAR: 25 of 64 snaps, 5 carries for 45 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards, 8.0 PPR points.

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.

Tyjae Spears, Week 18 of 2025 against JAX: 3 carries for 18 yards, 7 targets and 7 catches for 9 yards, 9.7 PPR points.

Tyjae Spears, Week 17 of 2025 against NO: 39 of 74 snaps, 6 carries for 2 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for -1 yards, 1.1 PPR points.

Tyjae Spears, Week 16 of 2025 against KC: 34 of 73 snaps, 13 carries for 52 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 53 yards, 1 touchdown, 21.5 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Rachaad White scored 4.7 PPR points and Tyjae Spears scored 4.4.

The call was right: Rachaad White outscored Tyjae Spears by 0.3.

Rachaad White finished 0.5 points above the 4.3 the props implied.

Rachaad White, Week 1 against PHI: 29 of 70 snaps, 7 carries for 22 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards, 4.7 PPR points.

Rachaad White finished as the week's RB43 in PPR scoring.

Tyjae Spears, Week 1 against NYJ: 25 of 50 snaps, 3 carries for 12 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards, 4.4 PPR points.

Tyjae Spears finished as the week's RB45 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Rachaad White.
• Start Rachaad White over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Blake Corum over Rachaad White.
• Start Tyjae Spears over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Blake Corum over Tyjae Spears.
• Start Tyjae Spears over Emari Demercado.