Should I start Bucky Irving or Breece Hall in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bucky Irving, and the board ranks him 8th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Breece Hall, and the board ranks him 88th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Bucky Irving is 15.5 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 8 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Breece Hall is 3.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Bucky Irving's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Bucky Irving has been on the field for 63 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 3, Breece Hall has been on the field for 57 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 62 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 4 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against TEN he carried 22 times for 102 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 16 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against GB he carried 16 times for 29 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against DET he carried 13 times for 32 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

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 Breece Hall played 16 games and scored 207.7 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing RB19.

He carried 243 times for 1065 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 48 targets for 350 more yards.

That came to 15.2 carries a game at 4.4 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 64 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Breece Hall was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Bucky Irving scored 13.9 PPR points a game and Breece Hall 13.0, 0.9 a game between them.

Bucky Irving finished RB34 that year and Breece Hall RB19.

Breece Hall had 70 more carries than Bucky Irving, 243 to 173.

Breece Hall had 6 more catches than Bucky Irving, 36 to 30.

This season Bucky Irving holds the bigger snap share, 63 percent against 57 percent.

This season Breece Hall holds the bigger share of the carries, 62 percent against 57 percent.

Byes and availability

Bucky Irving is off in Week 10 and Breece Hall in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Breece Hall is listed as out on the injury report.