Tyler Warren or Bucky Irving: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Tyler Warren at 12.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 63rd highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The player markets price Bucky Irving at 11.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 72nd highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Warren: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bucky Irving: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Tyler Warren has been on the field for 90 percent of IND snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 2.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against KC he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 21 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against HOU he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 9 of 10 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 5 of 5 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tyler Warren played 17 games and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.

He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

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.

Tyler Warren was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Bucky Irving scored 13.9 PPR points a game and Tyler Warren 11.1, 2.8 a game between them.

Tyler Warren finished TE4 and Bucky Irving RB34, which are two different ladders.

Tyler Warren is a tight end 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

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

What would change the answer

1.4 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 price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.