Two players, one answer.
Chris Rodriguez Jr. vs Tyjae Spears
This week
Toss-up · 7.5 to 6.1 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Tyjae Spears by 26% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Tyjae Spears by 37% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 56% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Tyjae Spears is projected 1.4 points ahead of Chris Rodriguez Jr.. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 56% of the time. That's close to a coin flip: on these projections neither is the better start, and an injury report or a projection update before kickoff can tip it.
RB · TEN
Tyjae Spears
7.5 projected
@ CIN · Sun 1:00 PM ETQuestionable
4.5 a game this season · last 3: 1.6, 9.8, 1.8
RB · JAX
Chris Rodriguez Jr.
6.1 projected
vs IND · Sun 1:00 PM ET
5.1 a game this season · last 3: 9.5, 2.1, 5.5
- Tyjae Spears is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Tyjae Spears: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 3:30 PM ET
- Chris Rodriguez Jr.: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 3:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 3:42 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 3:42 PM ET, with the projections (hourly). A fresh projection time doesn't mean every status is: game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, can come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Spears | Jr. |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.5 | 6.1 |
| Half PPR | 6.4 | 5.8 |
| Standard | 5.2 | 5.6 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Tyjae Spears's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Chris Rodriguez Jr. is the start.
- A projection update of 1.4 points or more in the other direction flips the call; Sleeper keeps adjusting its projections until kickoff, and this page reads them again at most an hour after it last did.
- In standard scoring the call goes the other way: Chris Rodriguez Jr. 5.6, Tyjae Spears 5.2.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with PPR settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.