George Pickens or Bucky Irving: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price George Pickens at 14.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 52nd highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

The player markets price Bucky Irving at 13.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 62nd highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Pickens: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 38th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes 2QB: ADP 34; dynasty: ADP 2.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bucky Irving: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 37th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 67.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, George Pickens has been on the field for 81 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 13.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against NYG he caught 3 of 6 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against WAS he caught 6 of 8 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Bucky Irving has been on the field for 70 percent of TB snaps, taken 57 percent of the carries, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 4.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against CIN he carried 8 times for 45 yards, caught 7 of 7 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against CLE he carried 17 times for 89 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 George Pickens played 17 games and scored 291.9 PPR points, 17.2 a game, finishing WR5.

He caught 93 of 137 targets for 1429 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 15.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 83 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.

George Pickens was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 George Pickens scored 17.2 PPR points a game and Bucky Irving 13.9, 3.3 a game between them.

George Pickens finished WR5 and Bucky Irving RB34, which are two different ladders.

George Pickens is a wide receiver 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

George Pickens is off in Week 14 and Bucky Irving in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.0 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.