Tetairoa McMillan or Bucky Irving: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Tetairoa McMillan at 13.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 65th 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 66th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tetairoa McMillan: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 41st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 51.

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.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 67.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Tetairoa McMillan has been on the field for 81 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 2 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 13.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against CHI he caught 5 of 8 targets for 75 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against ATL he caught 5 of 10 targets for 101 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 Tetairoa McMillan played 17 games and scored 211.4 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR16.

He caught 70 of 122 targets for 1014 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 57 percent catch rate and 14.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 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.

Tetairoa McMillan was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Bucky Irving scored 13.9 PPR points a game and Tetairoa McMillan 12.4, 1.4 a game between them.

Tetairoa McMillan finished WR16 and Bucky Irving RB34, which are two different ladders.

Tetairoa McMillan is a wide receiver and Bucky Irving a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Tetairoa McMillan is off in Week 5 and Bucky Irving in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.0 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.