Start Bucky Irving or Chuba Hubbard? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 5:01 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Bucky Irving over Chuba Hubbard
Irving projects lower, 13.9 to 15.3, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 45 for Irving, 83 for Hubbard.
- 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
- Market projects
- 15.3
- recent weeks avg
- DEN D vs RB
- 22.4
- 11th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 80%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 11%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Bucky Irving for Chuba Hubbard?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Chuba Hubbard projects 142 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.8 a game over 9 games), Bucky Irving 101 (12.6 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Bucky Irving over Chuba Hubbard. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Bucky Irving over Chuba Hubbard in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Bucky Irving at 13.9 points and Chuba Hubbard at 15.3, a gap of 1.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Bucky Irving still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 45 against 83, 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 Chuba Hubbard this week yet, so his 15.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (15.3, 15.4 and 15.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Chuba Hubbard yet. His market-based projections were 15.3, 15.4 and 15.3 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 15.3, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
The market-based projection for Chuba Hubbard is 0.7 touchdowns (5 market sources).
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 Chuba Hubbard 1.4 points ahead of Bucky Irving on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Chuba Hubbard and CAR host DEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
DEN allowed 22.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 11th most in the league.
Running backs ran for 99 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against DEN and caught passes for 35 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, Chuba Hubbard has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Chuba Hubbard is not on the injury report.
Bucky Irving is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Chuba Hubbard played 80 percent of CAR snaps, took 72 percent of the carries, drew 11 percent of the targets and had 35 percent of the red zone chances.
Chuba Hubbard, Week 4 against DET: 63 of 75 snaps, 20 carries for 122 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards, 2 touchdowns.
Chuba Hubbard, Week 6 against PHI: 74 of 79 snaps, 28 carries for 120 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 1 yards, 1 touchdown.
Chuba Hubbard, Week 7 against TB: 34 of 56 snaps, 7 carries for 33 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 27 yards.
Chuba Hubbard, Week 8 against GB: 67 of 73 snaps, 22 carries for 81 yards, 8 targets and 7 catches for 38 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, Chuba Hubbard played 15 games for CAR and scored 125.4 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB38.
He ran 134 times for 511 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 30 of 39 targets for 223 yards.
He was on the field for 47 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 Bucky Irving for Chuba Hubbard?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Chuba Hubbard projects 142 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.8 a game over 9 games), Bucky Irving 101 (12.6 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Bucky Irving over Chuba Hubbard. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
Should I drop Chuba Hubbard for Bucky Irving?
No. Keep Chuba Hubbard: he projects 142 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.8 a game over 9 games), Bucky Irving 101 (12.6 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Bucky Irving over Chuba Hubbard.
Week 9 on the board
- Is Bucky Irving playing Week 9?
- Is Chuba Hubbard playing Week 9?
- Buccaneers depth chart
- Panthers depth chart
- Week 9 RB rankings
- Week 9 fantasy rankings
- Week 9 start or sit
- Week 9 waiver wire
- Week 9 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 9
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 9 kicker rankings
- Week 9 defense rankings