Emanuel Wilson or Bucky Irving: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Emanuel Wilson at 13.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 57th highest figure of the 203 players the market prices.

The player markets price Bucky Irving at 11.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 80th highest figure of the 203 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Emanuel Wilson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 40th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bucky Irving: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 57th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Emanuel Wilson has been on the field for 37 percent of SEA snaps, taken 48 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 6 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 2.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against ARI he carried 21 times for 92 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against WAS he carried 9 times for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAC he carried 21 times for 81 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 39 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Emanuel Wilson played 17 games and scored 94.5 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing RB49.

He carried 125 times for 496 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 15 of 17 targets for 99 more yards.

That came to 7.4 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 30 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.

Emanuel Wilson was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Bucky Irving scored 13.9 PPR points a game and Emanuel Wilson 5.6, 8.3 a game between them.

Emanuel Wilson finished RB49 that year and Bucky Irving RB34.

Bucky Irving had 48 more carries than Emanuel Wilson, 173 to 125.

Bucky Irving had 15 more catches than Emanuel Wilson, 30 to 15.

This season Bucky Irving holds the bigger snap share, 62 percent against 37 percent.

This season Bucky Irving holds the bigger share of the carries, 58 percent against 48 percent.

Byes and availability

Bucky Irving is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Emanuel Wilson.

What would change the answer

1.8 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.