Bucky Irving or Tyjae Spears: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bucky Irving: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 62nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyjae Spears: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 174th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

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

The player markets price Tyjae Spears at 5.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 143rd highest figure of the 200 players the market prices.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Bucky Irving has been on the field for 62 percent of TB snaps, taken 58 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have come 2.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against CLE he carried 17 times for 89 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 4, Tyjae Spears has been on the field for 42 percent of TEN snaps, taken 17 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have come 2.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against PHI he carried 7 times for 41 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 29 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NYG he carried 3 times for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he carried 2 times for 7 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -1 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 Tyjae Spears played 13 games and scored 111.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB44.

He carried 72 times for 283 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 45 of 50 targets for 264 more yards.

That came to 5.5 carries a game at 3.9 yards a carry and 3.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tyjae Spears was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Bucky Irving scored 13.9 PPR points a game and Tyjae Spears 8.6, 5.3 a game between them.

Bucky Irving finished RB34 that year and Tyjae Spears RB44.

Bucky Irving had 101 more carries than Tyjae Spears, 173 to 72.

Tyjae Spears had 15 more catches than Bucky Irving, 45 to 30.

This season Bucky Irving holds the bigger snap share, 62 percent against 42 percent.

This season Bucky Irving holds the bigger share of the carries, 58 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Bucky Irving is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Tyjae Spears.

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.