Two players, one answer.
Jonnu Smith vs Tyjae Spears
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
About even (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Tyjae Spears by 67% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 74% held up in 2025
Start Tyjae Spears
On Sleeper's projections, Tyjae Spears is projected 5.5 points ahead of Jonnu Smith. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 74% of the time.
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
TE · GB
Jonnu Smith
2.0 projected
vs CAR · Thu 8:15 PM ET
3.9 a game this season · last 3: 3.6, 2.9, 1.9
- 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
- Jonnu Smith: 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 | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.5 | 2 |
| Half PPR | 6.4 | 1.6 |
| Standard | 5.2 | 1.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Tyjae Spears's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Jonnu Smith is the start.
- Jonnu Smith plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Tyjae Spears's late news is known.
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%.