Should I start Rachaad White or Bucky Irving in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Rachaad White's market-based projection is 12.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 68th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Bucky Irving's market-based projection is 11.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 69th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rachaad White, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bucky Irving, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Rachaad White has been on the field for 49 percent of WAS snaps, taken 24 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 0.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 7 times for 43 yards, caught 6 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he carried 8 times for 35 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYG he carried 7 times for 18 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 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 Rachaad White played 17 games and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB32.

He carried 132 times for 572 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 218 more yards.

That came to 7.8 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 2.4 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.

Rachaad White was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Bucky Irving scored 13.9 PPR points a game and Rachaad White 8.4, 5.4 a game between them.

Rachaad White finished RB32 that year and Bucky Irving RB34.

Bucky Irving had 41 more carries than Rachaad White, 173 to 132.

Rachaad White had 10 more catches than Bucky Irving, 40 to 30.

This season Bucky Irving holds the bigger snap share, 61 percent against 49 percent.

This season Bucky Irving holds the bigger share of the carries, 58 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

Rachaad White is off in Week 7 and Bucky Irving in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.1 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.