Two players, one answer.
Tez Johnson vs Tyjae Spears
Any league · this week start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Tyjae Spears by 32% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Tez Johnson by 4% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 66% held up in 2025
Lean Tyjae Spears
On Sleeper's projections, Tyjae Spears is projected 3.6 points ahead of Tez Johnson. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 66% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
RB · TEN
Tyjae Spears
7.6 projected
@ CIN · Sun 1:00 PM ETQuestionable
4.5 a game this season · last 3: 1.6, 9.8, 1.8
WR · TB
Tez Johnson
4.0 projected
vs ATL · Sun 1:00 PM ET
5 a game this season · last 3: 7.4, 2.7, 12.7
- 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, 5:50 AM ET
- Tez Johnson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 5:50 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 5:50 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 5:50 AM 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 | Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 7.6 | 4 |
| Half PPR | 6.4 | 3.3 |
| Standard | 5.2 | 2.7 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Tyjae Spears's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Tez Johnson is the start.
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%.