Jaylen Warren or Bucky Irving: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jaylen Warren at 15.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 42nd highest figure of the 186 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 65th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylen Warren: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 22nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 88.

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 67.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Jaylen Warren has been on the field for 55 percent of PIT snaps, taken 51 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 18 third down targets and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 1.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against ATL he carried 10 times for 46 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NE he carried 11 times for 43 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 34 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 Jaylen Warren played 16 games and scored 217.1 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing RB17.

He carried 211 times for 958 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 333 more yards.

That came to 13.2 carries a game at 4.5 yards a carry and 2.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 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.

Jaylen Warren was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Bucky Irving scored 13.9 PPR points a game and Jaylen Warren 13.6, 0.3 a game between them.

Jaylen Warren finished RB17 that year and Bucky Irving RB34.

Jaylen Warren had 38 more carries than Bucky Irving, 211 to 173.

Jaylen Warren had 10 more catches than Bucky Irving, 40 to 30.

This season Bucky Irving holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 55 percent.

This season Bucky Irving holds the bigger share of the carries, 57 percent against 51 percent.

Byes and availability

Jaylen Warren is off in Week 9 and Bucky Irving in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jaylen Warren is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

2.3 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.