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Start Bucky Irving or Josh Jacobs? Week 9

Updated Nov 3, 5:01 AM ET.

Start Bucky Irving over Josh Jacobs

Irving projects lower, 13.9 to 14.8, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 45 for Irving, 78 for Jacobs.

Start

Bucky Irving

RB · TB · at CHI

Market projects
13.9
recent weeks avg
CHI D vs RB
17.8
3rd fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
37 of 100 at RB
Snap share
63%
Through Week 8
Target share
11%
Through Week 8
Sit

Josh Jacobs

RB · GB · at NE

Market projects
14.8
fantasy pts
NE D vs RB
18.9
6th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
Rising
77 of 100 at RB
Snap share
62%
Through Week 8
Target share
16%
Through Week 8

Should I drop Bucky Irving for Josh Jacobs?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Josh Jacobs projects 108 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (13.5 a game over 8 games), Bucky Irving 101 (12.6 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Bucky Irving over Josh Jacobs. So make the move after his Week 9 game.

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Our Week 9 call

Start Bucky Irving over Josh Jacobs in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Bucky Irving at 13.9 points and Josh Jacobs at 14.8, a gap of 0.9. 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 78, 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.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 14.8 fantasy points for Josh Jacobs, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Josh Jacobs is 44 rushing yards, 22 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.8 touchdowns (10, 10, 8 and 7 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 Josh Jacobs 0.9 points ahead of Bucky Irving on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

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

NE allowed 19.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 82 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against NE and caught passes for 31 more yards.

Bucky Irving and TB visit CHI on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

CHI allowed 17.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 72 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against CHI and caught passes for 33 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Josh Jacobs has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Josh Jacobs is not on the injury report.

Bucky Irving is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Josh Jacobs played 62 percent of GB snaps, took 71 percent of the carries, drew 16 percent of the targets and had 67 percent of the red zone chances.

Josh Jacobs, Week 7 against DET: 35 of 67 snaps, 11 carries for 36 yards, 7 targets and 5 catches for 55 yards, 1 touchdown.

Josh Jacobs, Week 8 against CAR: 49 of 69 snaps, 21 carries for 39 yards, 6 targets and 6 catches for 13 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 8, Bucky Irving played 63 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: 30 of 60 snaps, 27 carries for 170 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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 Josh Jacobs?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Josh Jacobs projects 108 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (13.5 a game over 8 games), Bucky Irving 101 (12.6 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Bucky Irving over Josh Jacobs. So make the move after his Week 9 game.

  • Should I drop Josh Jacobs for Bucky Irving?

    No. Keep Josh Jacobs: he projects 108 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (13.5 a game over 8 games), Bucky Irving 101 (12.6 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Bucky Irving over Josh Jacobs.

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