Bucky Irving Week 8 projections

Projected stat line

Built from the player markets: each stat is what the market implies, with the margin removed, scored in PPR.

Floor and ceiling

Floor

6.6

Projection

15.5

Ceiling

26.7

The floor is a 1 in 10 bad week and the ceiling a 1 in 10 big week, set around his projection with the typical week to week spread for a RB. A range, not a promise.

Matchup

Week 8: TB vs. ATL. ATL allows the 8th most fantasy points to RBs (24.6 a game). For a RB, that is a soft matchup.

Ranked by fantasy points allowed per game to the position, 1 being the most.

Last 3 games

• Oct 25 vs CAR: 2 targets, 1 catch, 4 receiving yards, 24 carries, 106 rushing yards
• Oct 18 vs PIT: 3 targets, 2 catches, 3 receiving yards, 19 carries, 46 rushing yards
• Oct 9 vs DAL: 3 targets, 2 catches, 10 receiving yards, 21 carries, 165 rushing yards

Start or sit Bucky Irving this week

• Start Braelon Allen or Bucky Irving?
• Start Bucky Irving or D'Andre Swift?
• Start Aaron Jones Sr. or Bucky Irving?

Week 8 RB projections near him

• James Cook III 16.5
• Rhamondre Stevenson 15.7
• Bhayshul Tuten 15.6
• Tony Pollard 15.4
• Chuba Hubbard 15.3
• Ollie Gordon II 15.0