Should I start D'Andre Swift or Bucky Irving in Week 6?

The market-based projections

D'Andre Swift's market-based projection is 15.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 31st highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Bucky Irving's market-based projection is 11.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 69th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on D'Andre Swift, and the board ranks him 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 13.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bucky Irving, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, D'Andre Swift has been on the field for 56 percent of CHI snaps, taken 44 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 10 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 1.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 20 times for 84 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 15 times for 58 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he carried 9 times for 43 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 30 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Bucky Irving has been on the field for 61 percent of TB snaps, taken 58 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 2 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 21 times for 165 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 10 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 D'Andre Swift played 16 games and scored 228.6 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing RB15.

He carried 223 times for 1087 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 34 of 48 targets for 299 more yards.

That came to 13.9 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 58 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.

D'Andre Swift was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 D'Andre Swift scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Bucky Irving 13.9, 0.4 a game between them.

D'Andre Swift finished RB15 that year and Bucky Irving RB34.

D'Andre Swift had 50 more carries than Bucky Irving, 223 to 173.

D'Andre Swift had 4 more catches than Bucky Irving, 34 to 30.

This season Bucky Irving holds the bigger snap share, 61 percent against 56 percent.

This season Bucky Irving holds the bigger share of the carries, 58 percent against 44 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 10, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

4.1 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.