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Start Bucky Irving or Braelon Allen? Week 9

Updated Nov 3, 3:46 AM ET.

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Start Bucky Irving over Braelon Allen

Irving projects lower, 13.9 to 15.4, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 45 for Irving, 180 for Allen.

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Bucky Irving

RB · TB · at CHI

Market projects
13.9
recent weeks avg
CHI D vs RB
18.6
6th fewest to RBs (2026)
Snap share
64%
Through Week 8
Target share
11%
Through Week 8
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Braelon Allen

RB · NYJ · at KC

Market projects
15.4
recent weeks avg
KC D vs RB
19.5
9th fewest to RBs (2026)
Snap share
64%
Through Week 8
Target share
10%
Through Week 8

Should I drop Braelon Allen for Bucky Irving?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Bucky Irving projects 101 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (12.6 a game over 8 games), Braelon Allen 88 (11.0 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Bucky Irving over Braelon Allen.

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Our Week 9 call

Start Bucky Irving over Braelon Allen in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Bucky Irving at 13.9 points and Braelon Allen at 15.4, a gap of 1.5. Bucky Irving still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 45 against 180, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Bucky Irving this week yet, so his 13.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (11.9, 14.5 and 15.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Braelon Allen this week yet, so his 15.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (13.8, 15.7 and 16.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Braelon Allen yet. His market-based projections were 13.8, 15.7 and 16.8 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 15.4, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Bucky Irving yet. His market-based projections were 11.9, 14.5 and 15.3 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 13.9, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Braelon Allen 1.5 points ahead of Bucky Irving on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Braelon Allen and NYJ visit KC on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

KC allowed 19.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 72 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against KC and caught passes for 37 more yards.

Bucky Irving and TB visit CHI on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

CHI allowed 18.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 74 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against CHI and caught passes for 35 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Braelon Allen has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Braelon Allen is not on the injury report.

Bucky Irving is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Braelon Allen played 64 percent of NYJ snaps, took 56 percent of the carries, drew 10 percent of the targets and had 32 percent of the red zone chances.

Braelon Allen, Week 5 against CLE: 60 of 70 snaps, 24 carries for 116 yards, 4 targets and 1 catch for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Braelon Allen, Week 6 against NE: 54 of 62 snaps, 17 carries for 78 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 26 yards.

Braelon Allen, Week 7 against MIA: 46 of 59 snaps, 17 carries for 104 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 30 yards.

Braelon Allen, Week 8 against LV: 21 carries for 147 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Bucky Irving played 64 percent of TB snaps, took 57 percent of the carries, drew 11 percent of the targets and had 45 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Bucky Irving, Week 6 against PIT: 63 of 74 snaps, 19 carries for 46 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 3 yards.

Bucky Irving, Week 7 against CAR: 37 of 63 snaps, 24 carries for 106 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Bucky Irving, Week 8 against ATL: 27 carries for 170 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Braelon Allen played 4 games for NYJ and scored 15.3 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing RB100.

He ran 18 times for 76 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 17 yards.

He was on the field for 24 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 9 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Braelon Allen for Bucky Irving?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Bucky Irving projects 101 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (12.6 a game over 8 games), Braelon Allen 88 (11.0 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Bucky Irving over Braelon Allen.

  • Should I drop Bucky Irving for Braelon Allen?

    No. Keep Bucky Irving: he projects 101 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (12.6 a game over 8 games), Braelon Allen 88 (11.0 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Bucky Irving over Braelon Allen.

Week 8 on the board

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