Start Ty Johnson or Tyjae Spears? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Ty Johnson over Tyjae Spears in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Ty Johnson at 8.5 points and Tyjae Spears at 6.4, a gap of 2.1. Ty Johnson'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 Ty Johnson is 60 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.5 fantasy points for Ty Johnson, with 60 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Ty Johnson is 16 receiving yards and 2-3 receptions, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (10, 10 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.4 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 and 2-3 receptions, with a 17% chance to score a touchdown (8, 8, 8 and 9 market sources).

That puts Ty Johnson 2.1 points ahead of Tyjae Spears on the market projections.

Injury status

Ty Johnson is not on the injury report.

Tyjae Spears is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Ty Johnson played 25 percent of BUF snaps, took 1 percent of the carries, drew 14 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Ty Johnson, Week 3 against LAC: 15 of 66 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 50 yards.

Ty Johnson, Week 4 against NE: 19 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

Ty Johnson, Week 5 against LAR: 14 of 64 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 72 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, Ty Johnson played 17 games for BUF and scored 100.3 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB47.

He ran 50 times for 200 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 33 targets for 263 yards.

He was on the field for 29 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 Alvin Kamara over Ty Johnson.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Ty Johnson.
• Start Blake Corum over Ty Johnson.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Tyjae Spears.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Tyjae Spears.
• Start Blake Corum over Tyjae Spears.