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2026

2026 season · compare · backs

Compare players

Two or three players of the same position, side by side: where each one grades against the league, where the ball finds each of them, and how their weeks line up.

70 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
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Ronnie RiversRB · Rams · not yet qualified
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Tyjae SpearsRB · Titans · graded
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This week · each one's next game and the defense at his positionHalf PPR
Week 9 · Sunday · Ronnie at CommandersCommanders allow the 7th-fewest RB points
Week 10 · Sunday · Tyjae vs JaguarsJaguars allow the fewest RB points
Where they rank · among 70 backs with 30 touches+League percentiles
Ronnie RiversTyjae Spears
Yards per carry
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3.732nd
Rush EPA per carry
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-0.356th
EPA per targetreceiving, 5+ targets
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-0.1826th
Broken tacklesper touch
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11%99th
Explosive rate10+ run, 20+ catch per touch
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9%57th
Touches per game
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5.811th
Receiving sharetargets per touch
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49%96th
Yards per touch
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4.036th

Each bar is the league pool; the markers are the players. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. The best value in each row is marked green.

Playstyle · how each is used, against the league's backsamong 70 backs
Ronnie RiversTyjae Spears
Ronnienot graded yet
TyjaePass-catching backNot the red-zone backNot the short-yardage back
Inside runscarries at guard or tackle
80%–
56%59th
Shotgun runscarries from the gun
40%–
44%76th
Receiving sharetargets per touch
17%–
49%96th
Third-down shareof team touches on 3rd down
1%–
11%59th
Red-zone shareof team touches inside the 20
3%–
3%4th
Short-yardage shareof team touches, 2 or fewer to go
4%–
3%5th
RPOcarries on run-pass options
0%–
17%79th
Motiontouches with pre-snap motion
67%–
46%8th

Every trait is a share of his own touches, so volume does not move it. Each bar is the league's qualifying backs; the markers are the players and the thin line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low share describes the role, not how well he plays it. The tags are each player's traits furthest from the middle.

The shape · percentile radarBigger and rounder is more complete
YPCRush EPAEPA / tgtBrk tacklesExplosiveTouchesRec shareYds / touch

Ronnie Rivers is not graded yet, so no shape.

Where he wins · EPA per target by lane and depthSame scale across
Ronnie Rivers
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Tyjae Spears
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Green cells turn targets into points, red cells lose them. Cells with one target are left grey.

Where the EPA comes from · the season split by what happened on his playsRushing and receiving EPA

Ronnie Rivers gets the most on runs (−2.7 EPA), Tyjae Spears gets the most after the catch (+13.3 EPA), and Tyjae also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−2.5).

Ronnie Rivers−2.3
Tyjae Spears−9.4
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsDesigned runs
PartRonnieTyjae
Air yardson catches+0.2+0.25 a target−13.8−0.81 a target · 14th
After the catch+0.2+0.19 a target+13.3+0.78 a target · 51st
Incompletionstargets not caught0.00.00 a target−2.5−0.15 a target · 53rd
Interceptionswhen targeted0.00.00 a target0.00.00 a target · 54th
Designed runs−2.7−0.55 a carry−6.3−0.35 a carry · 6th
Total−2.36 touches−9.435 touches

Every play is split by what happened: completions at the catch into air yards and yards after the catch (nflverse's air EPA), the cost of the ones that fell incomplete or were picked, and his designed runs. Bars share one scale, gains right of the line and losses left. The rate is per carry for runs and per target for catches, with its percentile among the league's qualifying backs; the best rate in each row is green.

Where the ball finds them · same scale, same fieldloading plays

Ronnie Rivers

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Tyjae Spears

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Designed carries by gap, from each team's play file.

On one field · every target, same fieldFilled is caught, a ring is not
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Depth butterfly · R.Rivers and T.SpearsSolid is caught
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Back to back by depth band. The widest band is where the offense goes to him; the gap between solid and faded is where it misses.

The race · cumulative yardsFlat steps are byes
Week by week · groupedSame Sunday, side by side
The shape of their seasons · each one's last 3 games, week by weekWeeks 1 to 6
Ronnie RiversTyjae Spears

Toucheslast 3 games

719
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Ronnie 6Tyjae 5.3

Scrimmage ydslast 3 games

2483
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Ronnie 24Tyjae 14

EPA / touchlast 3 games

-0.28+0.11
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Ronnie -0.38Tyjae -0.53

Targetslast 3 games

14
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Ronnie 1Tyjae 3.7

Each line is a player's trailing 3 games (rates are pooled over the games, not averaged); the faint dots are single games. The shaded band is the league's middle half of single games at the position, the dashed line its median. A line that climbs out of the band is a role getting bigger.

Floor and ceiling · boom, solid or dud, week by weekBoom 83+ · dud under 24
R.Rivers
24Wk 10Wk 23Wk 34Wk 45Wk 56Wk 67Wk 78Wk 8
12 ± 12
T.Spears
24Wk 170Wk 25Wk 36Wk 428Wk 58Wk 67Wk 78Wk 8
24 ± 23

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified backs this season (459 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardR.RiversT.Spears
Points a game2.42.0RB74
Season2.4RB10812.1RB76
Most weeks–0.6–2.4
Booms · busts0 · 112+ · under 50 · 512+ · under 5
Half PPRR.RiversT.Spears
Points a game2.93.3RB66
Season2.9RB11019.6RB68
Most weeks–1.1–5.3
Booms · busts0 · 116+ · under 6.50 · 516+ · under 6.5
PPRR.RiversT.Spears
Points a game3.44.5RB60
Season3.4RB11227.1RB63
Most weeks–1.6–9.0
Booms · busts0 · 120+ · under 80 · 420+ · under 8

Ranks are among players at each one's own position. A missing bar is a week he did not score: a bye or a missed game. The format you pick is remembered on this device.

Week by week · aligned
WeekR.RiversT.Spears
Wk 11912
Wk 2·41
Wk 3·5
Wk 4·7
Wk 5·0
Wk 6·1
Season1966

Rows are league weeks, so byes and missed games show as gaps. The best value each week is marked green.

Season stats · side by side, with league rank
SeasonR.RiversT.Spears
Carries518
Rush yards1966
Rush TD00
Targets117
Yards per carry-3.748th
Rush EPA per carry--0.3566th
EPA per target--0.1848th
Broken tackles-11%1st
Explosive rate-9%30th
Touches per game-5.862nd
Receiving share-49%3rd
Yards per touch-4.045th
Careers · scrimmage yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Ronnie RiversTyjae Spears
2550
20222023202420252026*
PlayerGCarYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Ronnie Rivers2022 to 2026 · 5 seasons2477404016.82023: 15116.8 a game24.0above his career rate
Tyjae Spears2023 to 2026 · 4 seasons482742,0621043.02023: 83849.3 a game23.5below his career rate

Regular season only, from each player's career file. * 2026 is through Week 8; its dot is hollow because the season is not over. "This season" compares this year's rate with his earlier seasons. Hover a dot for the season's line.