Bucky Irving or Jayden Daniels: 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 65th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jayden Daniels: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 67th 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 Jayden Daniels at 18.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 13th highest figure of the 220 players the market prices.

This season so far

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 2, Jayden Daniels has been on the field for 77 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 61 times and thrown 9.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 4 of 61 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.

In Week 1 against PHI he completed 18 of 34 passes for 164 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 31 yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he completed 11 of 17 passes for 96 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 69 yards.

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 Jayden Daniels played 7 games and scored 117.3 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB34.

He threw for 1262 yards on 188 attempts with 8 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 278 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 26.9 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Bucky Irving was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jayden Daniels scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Bucky Irving 13.9, 2.9 a game between them.

Bucky Irving finished RB34 and Jayden Daniels QB34, which are two different ladders.

Bucky Irving is a running back and Jayden Daniels a quarterback, 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 Jayden Daniels.

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.