Start Bhayshul Tuten or Bucky Irving? Week 4

Our Week 4 call

Start Bucky Irving over Bhayshul Tuten in Week 4.

Market-based projections have Bucky Irving at 12.1 points and Bhayshul Tuten at 11.9, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 12.1 fantasy points for Bucky Irving, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Bucky Irving at 55.5 rushing yards, 12.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 36% chance to score a touchdown (15, 16, 16 and 18 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.9 fantasy points for Bhayshul Tuten, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Bhayshul Tuten at 55.5 rushing yards, 10.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 46% chance to score a touchdown (17, 15, 16 and 18 market sources).

That puts Bucky Irving 0.2 points ahead of Bhayshul Tuten on the market projections.

Injury status

Bucky Irving was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Bhayshul Tuten was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Usage before Week 4

Through Week 3, Bucky Irving played 64 percent of TB snaps, took 62 percent of the carries, drew 16 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

Bucky Irving, Week 1 against CIN: 35 of 57 snaps, 8 carries for 45 yards, 7 targets and 7 catches for 48 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

Through Week 3, Bhayshul Tuten played 49 percent of JAX snaps, took 52 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 1 against CLE: 28 of 57 snaps, 15 carries for 66 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 22 yards.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 2 against DEN: 30 of 59 snaps, 13 carries for 65 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for -3 yards, 1 touchdown.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 3 against NE: 30 of 62 snaps, 15 carries for 73 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Bhayshul Tuten played 15 games for JAX and scored 88.6 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB53.

He ran 83 times for 307 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 14 targets for 79 yards.

He was on the field for 21 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 4 went

Bucky Irving scored 6.1 PPR points and Bhayshul Tuten scored 11.1.

The call was wrong: Bhayshul Tuten outscored Bucky Irving by 5.0.

Bucky Irving finished 6.0 points below the 12.1 the market projected.

Bucky Irving, Week 4 against GB: 37 of 64 snaps, 16 carries for 61 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 6.1 PPR points.

Bucky Irving finished as the week's RB42 in PPR scoring.

Bhayshul Tuten finished 0.8 points below the 11.9 the market projected.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 4 against CIN: 36 of 61 snaps, 17 carries for 73 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 11.1 PPR points.

Bhayshul Tuten finished as the week's RB28 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 4 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Bucky Irving.
• Start Bucky Irving over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Bucky Irving over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Blake Corum.