Start Bucky Irving or D'Andre Swift? Week 8

Updated Oct 27, 7:06 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.

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Oct 21, 3:43 PM ET: Bucky Irving: Listed Questionable (Illness) (Sleeper injury feed)

Irving projects lower, 15.6 to 16.9, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 45 for Irving, 41 for Swift.

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Bucky Irving

RB · TB · vs ATL

Market projects: 15.6; fantasy pts
ATL D vs RB: 24.6; 8th most to RBs (2026)
Upside: High; 94 of 100 at RB
Snap share: 64%; Through Week 7
Target share: 12%; Through Week 7

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D'Andre Swift

RB · CHI · at SEA

Market projects: 16.9; recent weeks avg
SEA D vs RB: 20.9; 15th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside: Rising; 78 of 100 at RB
Snap share: 60%; Through Week 7
Target share: 11%; Through Week 7

Should I drop Bucky Irving for D'Andre Swift?

Yes, on the rest of the season. D'Andre Swift projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (15.3 a game over 9 games), Bucky Irving 113 (12.6 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Bucky Irving over D'Andre Swift. So make the move after his Week 8 game.

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Our Week 8 call

Start Bucky Irving over D'Andre Swift in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Bucky Irving at 15.6 points and D'Andre Swift at 16.9, a gap of 1.3. 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 41, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for D'Andre Swift this week yet, so his 16.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (18.4, 16.0 and 16.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for D'Andre Swift yet. His market-based projections were 18.4, 16.0 and 16.3 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 16.9, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for D'Andre Swift is 0.8 touchdowns (8 market sources).

Player markets imply 15.6 fantasy points for Bucky Irving, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Bucky Irving is 70 rushing yards, 14 receiving yards and 0.8 touchdowns (3, 3 and 7 market sources).

That puts D'Andre Swift 1.3 points ahead of Bucky Irving on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

D'Andre Swift and CHI visit SEA on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

SEA allowed 20.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 71 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against SEA and caught passes for 32 more yards.

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

ATL allowed 24.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 8th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 82 yards and a touchdown a game against ATL and caught passes for 39 more yards.

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

Injury status

D'Andre Swift is not on the injury report.

Bucky Irving is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, D'Andre Swift played 60 percent of CHI snaps, took 49 percent of the carries, drew 11 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

D'Andre Swift, Week 6 against ATL: 45 of 77 snaps, 16 carries for 44 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 26 yards, 2 touchdowns.

D'Andre Swift, Week 7 against NE: 59 of 69 snaps, 22 carries for 78 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 12 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Bucky Irving played 64 percent of TB snaps, took 59 percent of the carries, drew 12 percent of the targets and had 40 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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 8 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Bucky Irving for D'Andre Swift?
Yes, on the rest of the season. D'Andre Swift projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (15.3 a game over 9 games), Bucky Irving 113 (12.6 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Bucky Irving over D'Andre Swift. So make the move after his Week 8 game.
Should I drop D'Andre Swift for Bucky Irving?
No. Keep D'Andre Swift: he projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (15.3 a game over 9 games), Bucky Irving 113 (12.6 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Bucky Irving over D'Andre Swift.