Should I start Bucky Irving or Brian Robinson Jr. in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bucky Irving, and the board ranks him 16th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brian Robinson Jr., and the board ranks him 81st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Bucky Irving is 15.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 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 has Brian Robinson Jr. at 6.7 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Bucky Irving has been on the field for 65 percent of TB snaps, taken 61 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 2 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have come 2.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against GB he carried 16 times for 61 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 6, Brian Robinson Jr. has been on the field for 31 percent of ATL snaps, taken 31 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 1.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against NO he carried 14 times for 62 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against BAL he carried 7 times for 16 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CHI he carried 2 times for 1 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 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 Brian Robinson Jr. played 17 games and scored 62.5 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing RB63.

He carried 92 times for 400 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 12 targets for 25 more yards.

That came to 5.4 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 17 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Brian Robinson Jr. was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Bucky Irving scored 13.9 PPR points a game and Brian Robinson Jr. 3.7, 10.2 a game between them.

Bucky Irving finished RB34 that year and Brian Robinson Jr. RB63.

Bucky Irving had 81 more carries than Brian Robinson Jr., 173 to 92.

Bucky Irving had 22 more catches than Brian Robinson Jr., 30 to 8.

This season Bucky Irving holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 31 percent.

This season Bucky Irving holds the bigger share of the carries, 61 percent against 31 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Bucky Irving is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Brian Robinson Jr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.