Breece Hall vs Tyjae Spears: Who Should You Start?
Breece Hall and Tyjae Spears are both viable fantasy running backs heading into 2026, but their 2025 production tells two different stories. Breece Hall averaged 11.9 PPG across 16 games with the New York Jets, while Tyjae Spears posted 6.9 PPG in 13 appearances for the Tennessee Titans.
A 5.0-PPG gap gives Breece Hall the edge on paper, but paper does not account for Thursday night matchups, weather games, or a star defender returning from injury. The real question is not who was better in 2025, but who is the better start this specific week.
Tyjae Spears is the receiving back in this matchup, turning 45 targets into 264 yards, while Breece Hall profiles as a more traditional rusher with 1065 rushing yards and 4 touchdowns. In PPR and half-PPR formats Tyjae Spears carries the higher weekly floor. In standard leagues the gap tightens considerably.
Breece Hall has his bye in Week 12, and Tyjae Spears rests in Week 5. Managers rostering both need waiver wire depth at running back for those two weeks, and that is exactly the kind of planning DraftCall's matchup engine surfaces automatically so you are not scrambling on a Sunday morning.
