Geno Smith or Bucky Irving: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Geno Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 105th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bucky Irving: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 106th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Geno Smith at 16.1 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Bucky Irving at 2.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Geno Smith's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Geno Smith has been on the field for 100 percent of NYJ snaps, dropped back 171 times and thrown 6.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 31 of 171 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.

In Week 3 against DET he completed 31 of 37 passes for 321 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 12 yards.

In Week 4 against CHI he completed 8 of 15 passes for 119 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

In Week 5 against CLE he completed 17 of 30 passes for 182 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 9 yards.

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 Geno Smith played 15 games and scored 190.9 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing QB23.

He threw for 3025 yards on 448 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 17 interceptions, and ran for 109 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 29.9 attempts a game at 6.8 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 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.

Geno Smith was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Bucky Irving scored 13.9 PPR points a game and Geno Smith 12.7, 1.1 a game between them.

Geno Smith finished QB23 and Bucky Irving RB34, which are two different ladders.

Geno Smith is a quarterback 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

Geno Smith is off in Week 13 and Bucky Irving in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.