Start Bucky Irving or Blake Corum? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Bucky Irving over Blake Corum in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Bucky Irving at 11.5 points and Blake Corum at 7.8, a gap of 3.7. Blake Corum's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 7.8 fantasy points for Blake Corum, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Blake Corum at 31.5 rushing yards, with a 27% chance to score a touchdown (16 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.5 fantasy points for Bucky Irving, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Bucky Irving at 51.5 rushing yards, 12.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 34% chance to score a touchdown (14, 15, 16 and 17 market sources).

That puts Bucky Irving 3.7 points ahead of Blake Corum on the market projections.

Injury status

Blake Corum is not on the injury report.

Bucky Irving is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Blake Corum played 27 percent of LAR snaps, took 33 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Blake Corum, Week 1 against SF: 14 of 61 snaps, 10 carries for 54 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 2 against NYG: 28 of 62 snaps, 12 carries for 79 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 13 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 3 against DEN: 25 of 86 snaps, 6 carries for 15 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 0 yards.

Blake Corum, Week 4 against PHI: 13 of 84 snaps, 5 carries for 14 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Through Week 4, Bucky Irving played 62 percent of TB snaps, took 58 percent of the carries, drew 12 percent of the targets and had 29 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.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Blake Corum played 17 games for LAR and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing RB40.

He ran 145 times for 746 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 14 targets for 36 yards.

He was on the field for 29 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 5 calls

• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Blake Corum.
• Start Brian Robinson over Blake Corum.
• Start Blake Corum over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Bucky Irving.
• Start Braelon Allen over Bucky Irving.
• Start Bucky Irving over Brian Robinson.