Should I start Bijan Robinson or Bucky Irving in Week 8?

The market-based projections

Bijan Robinson's market-based projection is 20.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 7th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Bucky Irving's market-based projection is 15.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 33rd highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bijan Robinson, and the board ranks him 2nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bucky Irving, and the board ranks him 10th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Bijan Robinson has been on the field for 71 percent of ATL snaps, taken 66 percent of the carries, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 46 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 55 third down targets, had 7 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have come 1.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against BAL he carried 17 times for 86 yards, caught 4 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CHI he carried 9 times for 61 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for -8 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against SF he carried 20 times for 63 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Bucky Irving has been on the field for 64 percent of TB snaps, taken 59 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 40 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 5 of its 13 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 5 against DAL he carried 21 times for 165 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 10 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Bijan Robinson played 17 games and scored 370.8 PPR points, 21.8 a game, finishing RB2.

He carried 287 times for 1478 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 79 of 103 targets for 820 more yards.

That came to 16.9 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 4.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Bijan Robinson was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Bijan Robinson scored 21.8 PPR points a game and Bucky Irving 13.9, 8.0 a game between them.

Bijan Robinson finished RB2 that year and Bucky Irving RB34.

Bijan Robinson had 114 more carries than Bucky Irving, 287 to 173.

Bijan Robinson had 49 more catches than Bucky Irving, 79 to 30.

This season Bijan Robinson holds the bigger snap share, 71 percent against 64 percent.

This season Bijan Robinson holds the bigger share of the carries, 66 percent against 59 percent.

Byes and availability

Bijan Robinson is off in Week 11 and Bucky Irving in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

4.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.