Start D'Andre Swift or Bucky Irving? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start D'Andre Swift over Bucky Irving in Week 6.

Market-based projections have D'Andre Swift at 16.0 points and Bucky Irving at 11.9, a gap of 4.2. Drafters take D'Andre Swift at ADP 41 and Bucky Irving at 45.

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 16.0 fantasy points for D'Andre Swift, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for D'Andre Swift is 66 rushing yards, 16 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.9 touchdowns (13, 13, 14 and 14 market sources).

That puts D'Andre Swift 4.2 points ahead of Bucky Irving 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.

D'Andre Swift and CHI visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 19.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 74 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against ATL and caught passes for 27 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Bucky Irving has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Bucky Irving is not on the injury report.

D'Andre Swift 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, D'Andre Swift played 56 percent of CHI snaps, took 44 percent of the carries, drew 10 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

D'Andre Swift, Week 2 against MIN: 50 of 74 snaps, 16 carries for 45 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 54 yards.

D'Andre Swift, Week 3 against PHI: 50 of 72 snaps, 20 carries for 84 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 4 yards.

D'Andre Swift, Week 4 against NYJ: 33 of 93 snaps, 15 carries for 58 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.

D'Andre Swift, Week 5 against GB: 40 of 69 snaps, 9 carries for 43 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 30 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, D'Andre Swift played 16 games for CHI and scored 228.6 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing RB15.

He ran 223 times for 1087 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 34 of 48 targets for 299 yards.

He was on the field for 58 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 Ashton Jeanty over D'Andre Swift.
• Start D'Andre Swift over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bijan Robinson over D'Andre Swift.