Start Tyjae Spears or Tyler Goodson? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Tyjae Spears over Tyler Goodson in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Tyjae Spears at 5.1 points and Tyler Goodson at 2.9, a gap of 2.2.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 5.1 fantasy points for Tyjae Spears, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Tyjae Spears at 14.5 rushing yards, 10.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (12, 11, 12 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 2.9 fantasy points for Tyler Goodson, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Tyler Goodson at 15.5 rushing yards, with a 13% chance to score a touchdown (15 and 15 market sources).

That puts Tyjae Spears 2.2 points ahead of Tyler Goodson on the market projections.

Injury status

Tyjae Spears is not on the injury report.

Tyler Goodson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Tyjae Spears played 42 percent of TEN snaps, took 17 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

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

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.

Through Week 4, Tyler Goodson played 18 percent of DAL snaps, took 16 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Goodson, Week 3 against BAL: 11 of 74 snaps, 6 carries for 22 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -5 yards.

Tyler Goodson, Week 4 against HOU: 16 of 78 snaps, 3 carries for 12 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 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.

In 2025, Tyler Goodson played 11 games for IND and scored 5.2 PPR points, 0.5 a game, finishing RB121.

He ran 9 times for 24 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 8 yards.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Goodson, Week 18 of 2025 against HOU: 1 carry for 3 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 0.3 PPR points.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Tyjae Spears.
• Start Blake Corum over Tyjae Spears.
• Start Brian Robinson over Tyjae Spears.
• Start Chase Brown over Tyler Goodson.
• Start George Holani over Tyler Goodson.
• Start Tyler Goodson over Isaiah Davis.