Bucky Irving or DeMario Douglas: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

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.

The player markets price DeMario Douglas at 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 134th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

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.

Drafters have formed no consensus on DeMario Douglas: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 131st overall on the rest of his evidence.

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, DeMario Douglas has been on the field for 54 percent of NE snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against PIT he caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against JAX he caught 1 of 5 targets for 38 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 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 DeMario Douglas played 17 games and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.

He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeMario Douglas was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Bucky Irving scored 13.9 PPR points a game and DeMario Douglas 5.6, 8.2 a game between them.

Bucky Irving finished RB34 and DeMario Douglas WR65, which are two different ladders.

Bucky Irving is a running back and DeMario Douglas 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. No bye is listed for DeMario Douglas.

What would change the answer

4.9 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.