Start Bucky Irving or Josh Jacobs? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Bucky Irving over Josh Jacobs in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Bucky Irving at 15.8 points and Josh Jacobs at 10.7, a gap of 5.0. Bucky Irving's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Drafters take Bucky Irving at ADP 45 and Josh Jacobs at 78. Market coverage on Bucky Irving is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 15.8 fantasy points for Bucky Irving, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Bucky Irving is 66 rushing yards and 0.6 touchdowns (13 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.7 fantasy points for Josh Jacobs, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Josh Jacobs is 46 rushing yards, 8 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.7 touchdowns (7, 5, 5 and 11 market sources).

That puts Bucky Irving 5.0 points ahead of Josh Jacobs on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Bucky Irving and TB visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 25.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 5th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 103 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against CAR and caught passes for 34 more yards.

Josh Jacobs and GB visit DET on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DET allowed 18.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 84 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against DET and caught passes for 16 more yards.

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

Injury status

Bucky Irving is listed as questionable with a illness injury.

Josh Jacobs is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Bucky Irving played 65 percent of TB snaps, took 61 percent of the carries, drew 11 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Bucky Irving, Week 6 against PIT: 63 of 74 snaps, 19 carries for 46 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 3 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, Josh Jacobs played 15 games for GB and scored 237.1 PPR points, 15.8 a game, finishing RB13.

He ran 234 times for 929 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 44 targets for 282 yards.

He was on the field for 59 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Josh Jacobs, Week 17 of 2025 against BAL: 13 of 47 snaps, 4 carries for 3 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 0 yards, 1.3 PPR points.

Josh Jacobs, Week 16 of 2025 against CHI: 28 of 72 snaps, 12 carries for 36 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards, 4.8 PPR points.

Josh Jacobs, Week 15 of 2025 against DEN: 36 of 66 snaps, 12 carries for 73 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards, 2 touchdowns, 23.2 PPR points.

Their other Week 7 calls

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• Start Bucky Irving over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Bucky Irving.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Josh Jacobs.
• Start Josh Jacobs over Blake Corum.
• Start Josh Jacobs over Braelon Allen.