Christian Watson or Bucky Irving: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Christian Watson at 13.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 60th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

The player markets price Bucky Irving at 11.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 77th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Christian Watson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 34th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bucky Irving: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 56th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Christian Watson has been on the field for 79 percent of GB snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 3 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against NYJ he caught 4 of 11 targets for 41 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against ATL he caught 7 of 10 targets for 96 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against TB he caught 3 of 3 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Bucky Irving has been on the field for 62 percent of TB snaps, taken 58 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have come 2.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against CLE he carried 17 times for 89 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIN he carried 15 times for 46 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Christian Watson played 10 games and scored 132.4 PPR points, 13.2 a game, finishing WR46.

He caught 35 of 55 targets for 611 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 5.5 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 17.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 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.

Both were available for 10 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Bucky Irving scored 13.9 PPR points a game and Christian Watson 13.2, 0.6 a game between them.

Christian Watson finished WR46 and Bucky Irving RB34, which are two different ladders.

Christian Watson is a wide receiver and Bucky Irving a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

1.5 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 the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.