Start Bucky Irving or Ollie Gordon II? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 11:51 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Bucky Irving over Ollie Gordon II
- Market projects
- 13.9
- recent weeks avg
- CHI D vs RB
- 17.8
- 3rd fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 63%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 11%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 11.0
- recent weeks avg
- DET D vs RB
- 18.2
- 4th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 82%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 8%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Ollie Gordon II for Bucky Irving?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Bucky Irving projects 101 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (12.6 a game over 8 games), Ollie Gordon II 92 (10.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Bucky Irving over Ollie Gordon II.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Bucky Irving over Ollie Gordon II in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Bucky Irving at 13.9 points and Ollie Gordon II at 11.0, a gap of 2.9. 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. No player market is posted for Ollie Gordon II this week yet, so his 11.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (10.7 and 11.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
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.
No Week 9 player market is posted for Ollie Gordon II yet. His market-based projections were 10.7 and 11.3 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 11.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
The market-based projection for Ollie Gordon II is 0.6 touchdowns (5 market sources).
That puts Bucky Irving 2.9 points ahead of Ollie Gordon II on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
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.
Ollie Gordon II and MIA host DET on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
DET allowed 18.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 4th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 75 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against DET and caught passes for 24 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Ollie Gordon II has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Bucky Irving is not on the injury report.
Ollie Gordon II is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
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.
Through Week 8, Ollie Gordon II played 82 percent of MIA snaps, took 71 percent of the carries, drew 8 percent of the targets and had 50 percent of the red zone chances.
Ollie Gordon II, Week 7 against NYJ: 54 of 65 snaps, 25 carries for 103 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.
Ollie Gordon II, Week 8 against NE: 53 of 65 snaps, 19 carries for 69 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 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, Ollie Gordon II played 17 games for MIA and scored 54.1 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB68.
He ran 70 times for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 yards.
He was on the field for 22 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Ollie Gordon II, Week 18 of 2025 against NE: 9 carries for 9 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards, 2.1 PPR points.
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 Ollie Gordon II for Bucky Irving?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Bucky Irving projects 101 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (12.6 a game over 8 games), Ollie Gordon II 92 (10.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Bucky Irving over Ollie Gordon II.
Should I drop Bucky Irving for Ollie Gordon II?
No. Keep Bucky Irving: he projects 101 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (12.6 a game over 8 games), Ollie Gordon II 92 (10.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Bucky Irving over Ollie Gordon II.
Week 9 on the board
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