Bucky Irving or Deebo Samuel Sr.: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bucky Irving: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Deebo Samuel Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 65th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

No season market is posted for Bucky Irving, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The player markets price Deebo Samuel Sr. at 9.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 90th highest figure of the 199 players the market prices.

This season through Week 4

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.

Through Week 4, Deebo Samuel Sr. has been on the field for 60 percent of SF snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 2 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 2.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIA he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against ARI he carried 2 times for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DEN he carried 3 times for 44 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 26 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

The season feed carries no line for Deebo Samuel Sr. in the last completed season.

Side by side

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

Byes and availability

Bucky Irving is off in Week 10 and Deebo Samuel Sr. in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Bucky Irving has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.