Jonathan Taylor or Bucky Irving: who should I start in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Jonathan Taylor's market-based projection is 20.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 7th highest figure of the 156 players with a market-based projection.

Bucky Irving's market-based projection is 11.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 65th highest figure of the 156 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jonathan Taylor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 5th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 4.

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.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 82 percent of IND snaps, taken 75 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 48 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 11 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have come 1.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against HOU he carried 23 times for 68 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he carried 20 times for 95 yards, caught 1 of 4 targets for 2 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against PIT he carried 15 times for 45 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

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 Jonathan Taylor played 17 games and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He carried 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 more yards.

That came to 19.0 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 84 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.

Jonathan Taylor was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor scored 21.3 PPR points a game and Bucky Irving 13.9, 7.5 a game between them.

Jonathan Taylor finished RB4 that year and Bucky Irving RB34.

Jonathan Taylor had 150 more carries than Bucky Irving, 323 to 173.

Jonathan Taylor had 16 more catches than Bucky Irving, 46 to 30.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 61 percent.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger share of the carries, 75 percent against 58 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

8.4 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 projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.