Start Ashton Jeanty or Bucky Irving? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Bucky Irving over Ashton Jeanty in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Bucky Irving at 11.6 points and Ashton Jeanty at 16.0, a gap of 4.4.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.0 fantasy points for Ashton Jeanty, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Ashton Jeanty is 55 rushing yards, 25 receiving yards and 3-4 receptions, with a 54% chance to score a touchdown (11, 10, 7 and 10 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.6 fantasy points for Bucky Irving, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Bucky Irving is 65 rushing yards, 11 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 35% chance to score a touchdown (11, 7, 7 and 13 market sources).

That puts Ashton Jeanty 4.4 points ahead of Bucky Irving on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Ashton Jeanty and LV host BUF on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

BUF allowed 28.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Running backs ran for 86 yards and a touchdown a game against BUF and caught passes for 48 more yards.

Injury status

Ashton Jeanty is not on the injury report.

Bucky Irving is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Ashton Jeanty played 72 percent of LV snaps, took 68 percent of the carries, drew 17 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 2 against LAC: 51 of 63 snaps, 21 carries for 48 yards, 7 targets and 4 catches for 15 yards.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 3 against NO: 59 of 70 snaps, 19 carries for 56 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 37 yards.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 4 against KC: 56 of 84 snaps, 15 carries for 58 yards, 8 targets and 6 catches for 68 yards.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 5 against NE: 32 of 60 snaps, 10 carries for 27 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 50 yards.

Through Week 5, Bucky Irving played 61 percent of TB snaps, took 58 percent of the carries, drew 12 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

Bucky Irving, Week 2 against CLE: 51 of 65 snaps, 17 carries for 89 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 1 yards.

Bucky Irving, Week 3 against MIN: 36 of 69 snaps, 15 carries for 46 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Bucky Irving, Week 4 against GB: 37 of 64 snaps, 16 carries for 61 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Bucky Irving, Week 5 against DAL: 39 of 72 snaps, 21 carries for 165 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Ashton Jeanty played 17 games for LV and scored 245.1 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing RB11.

He ran 266 times for 975 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 55 of 73 targets for 346 yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Bucky Irving played 10 games for TB and scored 138.5 PPR points, 13.9 a game, finishing RB34.

He ran 173 times for 588 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 30 of 35 targets for 277 yards.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Blake Corum.
• Start Bucky Irving over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Bucky Irving.
• Start Bucky Irving over Blake Corum.