Start Roschon Johnson or Tyjae Spears? Week 7
Updated Oct 20, 2:41 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Tyjae Spears over Roschon Johnson
- Market projects
- 5.6
- recent weeks avg
- CLE D vs RB
- 16.1
- 2nd fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 42%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 10%
- Through Week 6
- Market projects
- 4.7
- recent weeks avg
- NE D vs RB
- 20.6
- 16th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 22%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 7%
- Through Week 6
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Our Week 7 call
Start Tyjae Spears over Roschon Johnson in Week 7.
Market-based projections have Tyjae Spears at 5.6 points and Roschon Johnson at 4.7, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Tyjae Spears this week yet, so his 5.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (5.4, 5.0 and 6.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Roschon Johnson this week yet, so his 4.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (3.9 and 5.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 7 player market is posted for Tyjae Spears yet. His market-based projections were 5.4, 5.0 and 6.4 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 5.6, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.
The market-based projection for Tyjae Spears is 0.3 touchdowns (3 market sources).
No Week 7 player market is posted for Roschon Johnson yet. His market-based projections were 3.9 and 5.5 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 4.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.
The market-based projection for Roschon Johnson is 0.4 touchdowns (13 market sources).
That puts Tyjae Spears 0.9 points ahead of Roschon Johnson on these 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.
Roschon Johnson and CHI host NE on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.
NE allowed 20.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 16th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 82 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against NE and caught passes for 39 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Roschon Johnson has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Tyjae Spears is not on the injury report.
Roschon Johnson 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.
Through Week 6, Roschon Johnson played 22 percent of CHI snaps, took 16 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.
Roschon Johnson, Week 2 against MIN: 1 of 74 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Roschon Johnson, Week 4 against NYJ: 10 of 93 snaps, 4 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.
Roschon Johnson, Week 5 against GB: 27 of 69 snaps, 5 carries for 6 yards, 7 targets and 5 catches for 34 yards.
Roschon Johnson, Week 6 against ATL: 31 of 77 snaps, 13 carries for 51 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards, 1 touchdown.
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, Roschon Johnson played 7 games for CHI and scored 1.7 PPR points, 0.2 a game, finishing RB134.
He ran 2 times for 17 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards.
He was on the field for 1 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.
Week 7 on the board
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- Is Tyjae Spears playing Week 7?
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