Should I start Bucky Irving or Rhamondre Stevenson in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bucky Irving, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rhamondre Stevenson, and the board ranks him 21st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Bucky Irving, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Rhamondre Stevenson's market-based projection is 15.6 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 10th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Bucky Irving has been on the field for 64 percent of TB snaps, taken 57 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 45 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 6 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have come 2.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against PIT he carried 19 times for 46 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CAR he carried 24 times for 106 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 8 against ATL he carried 27 times for 170 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Rhamondre Stevenson has been on the field for 64 percent of NE snaps, taken 42 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 3 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 6 against NYJ he carried 14 times for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he carried 6 times for 22 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 93 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against MIA he carried 19 times for 82 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

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 Rhamondre Stevenson played 14 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing RB25.

He carried 130 times for 603 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 37 targets for 345 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rhamondre Stevenson was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Bucky Irving scored 13.9 PPR points a game and Rhamondre Stevenson 12.8, 1.1 a game between them.

Bucky Irving finished RB34 that year and Rhamondre Stevenson RB25.

Bucky Irving had 43 more carries than Rhamondre Stevenson, 173 to 130.

Rhamondre Stevenson had 2 more catches than Bucky Irving, 32 to 30.

Their snap share this season is the same, 64 percent each.

This season Bucky Irving holds the bigger share of the carries, 57 percent against 42 percent.

Byes and availability

Bucky Irving is off in Week 10 and Rhamondre Stevenson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

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.