Start Bucky Irving or Jeremiyah Love? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Bucky Irving over Jeremiyah Love in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Bucky Irving at 12.9 points and Jeremiyah Love at 10.7, a gap of 2.2.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 12.9 fantasy points for Bucky Irving, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The books have Bucky Irving at 55.5 rushing yards, 14.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 42% chance to score a touchdown (13, 11, 12 and 15 books).

Player prop markets imply 10.7 fantasy points for Jeremiyah Love, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The books have Jeremiyah Love at 37.5 rushing yards, 14.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 38% chance to score a touchdown (11, 5, 6 and 15 books).

That puts Bucky Irving 2.2 points ahead of Jeremiyah Love on the books.

Week 3 matchups

Jeremiyah Love and ARI visit SF on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

SF allowed 19.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 2 games, the 16th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 103 yards and 0.5 touchdowns a game against SF and caught passes for 24 more yards.

Injury status

Bucky Irving is not on the injury report.

Jeremiyah Love is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Bucky Irving played 70 percent of TB snaps, took 57 percent of the carries, drew 18 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

Bucky Irving, Week 1 against CIN: 35 of 57 snaps, 8 carries for 45 yards, 7 targets and 7 catches for 48 yards, 1 touchdown.

Bucky Irving, Week 2 against CLE: 51 of 65 snaps, 17 carries for 89 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 1 yards.

Through Week 2, Jeremiyah Love played 42 percent of ARI snaps, took 42 percent of the carries, drew 11 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

Jeremiyah Love, Week 1 against LAC: 32 of 75 snaps, 11 carries for 41 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jeremiyah Love, Week 2 against SEA: 20 of 50 snaps, 9 carries for 29 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 16 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.

Bucky Irving, Week 18 of 2025 against CAR: 42 of 67 snaps, 26 carries for 85 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 13 yards, 10.8 PPR points.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Bucky Irving over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Breece Hall over Bucky Irving.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Bucky Irving.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Jeremiyah Love.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Jeremiyah Love.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Jeremiyah Love.