Start Bucky Irving or Cam Skattebo? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Bucky Irving over Cam Skattebo in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Bucky Irving at 11.9 points and Cam Skattebo at 10.3, a gap of 1.6. Drafters take Bucky Irving at ADP 45 and Cam Skattebo at 40.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.9 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, 1-2 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (8, 12, 14 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.3 fantasy points for Cam Skattebo, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Cam Skattebo is 45 rushing yards, 10 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.6 touchdowns (13, 14, 14 and 14 market sources).

That puts Bucky Irving 1.6 points ahead of Cam Skattebo on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Bucky Irving and TB host PIT on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

PIT allowed 22.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 11th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 91 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against PIT and caught passes for 40 more yards.

Cam Skattebo and NYG host NO on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NO allowed 31.1 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the most in the league.

Running backs ran for 133 yards and 2.0 touchdowns a game against NO and caught passes for 27 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Cam Skattebo has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Bucky Irving is not on the injury report.

Cam Skattebo is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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.

Through Week 5, Cam Skattebo played 65 percent of NYG snaps, took 57 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

Cam Skattebo, Week 2 against LAR: 34 of 58 snaps, 12 carries for 36 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 19 yards.

Cam Skattebo, Week 3 against TEN: 49 of 64 snaps, 20 carries for 60 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 40 yards.

Cam Skattebo, Week 4 against ARI: 43 of 67 snaps, 18 carries for 58 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Cam Skattebo, Week 5 against WAS: 56 of 89 snaps, 13 carries for 59 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

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, Cam Skattebo played 8 games for NYG and scored 127.7 PPR points, 16.0 a game, finishing RB37.

He ran 101 times for 410 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 32 targets for 207 yards.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Bucky Irving over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Bucky Irving.
• Start Bucky Irving over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Cam Skattebo.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Bhayshul Tuten.