Tyjae

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He also added just two receiving yards on two catches. Spears’ three carries on the day put him well behind Tony Pollard’s 14 rushes. Spears also only had two targets despite the Titans trailing by double-digits for most of this game. It seems that Pollard’s breakout game last week convinced the Titans to give him the far larger share of the workload this week. We’re not sure that the backfield split will stay this pronounced, but it’s hard to roster Spears in redraft leagues considering how little he’s producing and how bad this Titans offense has been.

Spears’ 10 touches weren’t a bad total for a No. 2 running back, but they came as Tony Pollard rushed 25 times for 161 yards and two touchdowns. Spears did out-target Pollard 4-0, but that of course did not amount to much. Back to strict No. 2/pass-catching status over the past few weeks after briefly pushing for a more even timeshare, Spears has lost all 12-team league FLEX appeal with bye weeks over and the fantasy playoffs here for Week 15.

Spears was more involved with the Titans trailing for the majority of the game against the Jaguars. He out-snapped Tony Pollard by one total snap, catching all six of his targets in the passing game. Spears keeps a fantasy scoring floor due to his passing game usage, but his ceiling is capped with the lack of scoring from the anemic Titans offense. He is a touchdown-dependent FLEX play for Week 14 against the Browns.

Spears has spent most of the past month in the 6-10 touch range, failing to score and doing little with his consistent opportunities in the passing game. It’s not a good offensive environment, but no one can accuse Spears of elevating it. He’s a last-gasp second FLEX in deeper PPR leagues heading into Week 13 against the Jaguars.

Spears was leading the Titans in receiving yards for most of the day, to damn with faint praise. He out-snapped Tony Pollard and out-gained him handily. He’s probably the more preferable start of the two at this point because of the PPR floor and should be a FLEX-worthy play against the Seahawks in Week 12.

Spears and Tony Pollard more or less split snaps and touches down the middle as the Titans’ defense and special teams helped keep things interesting against the superior Chargers for the game’s first three quarters. L.A. pulled away in the final frame. Now headed on bye, the Titans will return against the Texans’ elite defense in Week 11. We suppose more Spears could be an adjustment for interim coach Mike McCoy, but we see little reason to expect this touches delineation to change. If it doesn’t, Spears will remain a lower-end FLEX option.

Spears simply has more juice than Tony Pollard. He is shifty on his cuts and has enough power to break a few tackles at the line of scrimmage when he can’t get into space. Considering the Titans are going nowhere this year, it makes sense for them to see what Spears can do in a bigger role, and he does seem to be inching ahead of Pollard in the backfield committee.

Once again splitting reps and touches down the middle with Tony Pollard, Spears found himself out-touched and out-gained after Pollard gobbled up four catches on the Titans’ meaningless final series. Spears has destroyed Pollard’s previous RB2 value, but he isn’t carving out any of his own. He is also failing to monopolize his needed passing downs. For now, Spears should be considered a last-gasp FLEX heading into Week 8 against the Colts.

Spears was far more efficient than Tony Pollard, who had 34 yards on 10 rushing attempts against Vegas. Spears operated as the primary pass catching back, running more routes and seeing more targets than Pollard. It was far more action than Spears saw last week against the Cardinals, as he played 36 snaps while the Titans tried to climb out of a 20-0 hole. Though Spears likely has more juice than Pollard, he won’t be a reliable 12-team league play unless Pollard misses time.

Pollard out-carried Tyjae Spears, who had five rushes, but lost out on the primary pass-catching role out of the Tennessee backfield. Pollard ran fewer routes than Spears and saw just two targets to Spears’ four targets. It’s an ugly backfield split in an offense that won’t produce much in the way of yards or touchdowns. Pollard, who had 17 touches last week against the Cardinals, will be a flex play in 14-teams leagues in Week 7 against an improving Patriots defense.