Should I start Bucky Irving or Bhayshul Tuten in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bucky Irving, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bhayshul Tuten, and the board ranks him 27th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Bucky Irving, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Bhayshul Tuten's market-based projection is 13.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 17th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Bucky Irving has been on the field for 64 percent of TB snaps, taken 57 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 45 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 6 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have come 2.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against PIT he carried 19 times for 46 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CAR he carried 24 times for 106 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 8 against ATL he carried 27 times for 170 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Bhayshul Tuten has been on the field for 56 percent of JAX snaps, taken 57 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 32 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 5 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 3.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against PHI he carried 22 times for 72 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against HOU he carried 12 times for 39 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 48 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 8 against IND he carried 16 times for 104 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 55 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Bucky Irving played 10 games and scored 138.5 PPR points, 13.9 a game, finishing RB34.

He carried 173 times for 588 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 30 of 35 targets for 277 more yards.

That came to 17.3 carries a game at 3.4 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Bhayshul Tuten played 15 games and scored 88.6 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB53.

He carried 83 times for 307 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 14 targets for 79 more yards.

That came to 5-6 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 21 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Bhayshul Tuten was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Bucky Irving scored 13.9 PPR points a game and Bhayshul Tuten 5.9, 7.9 a game between them.

Bucky Irving finished RB34 that year and Bhayshul Tuten RB53.

Bucky Irving had 90 more carries than Bhayshul Tuten, 173 to 83.

Bucky Irving had 20 more catches than Bhayshul Tuten, 30 to 10.

This season Bucky Irving holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 56 percent.

Their share of the carries this season is the same, 57 percent each.

Byes and availability

Bucky Irving is off in Week 10 and Bhayshul Tuten in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Bhayshul Tuten is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Bucky Irving has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.