Start Bucky Irving or RJ Harvey? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Bucky Irving over RJ Harvey in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Bucky Irving at 11.5 points and RJ Harvey at 11.4, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.5 fantasy points for Bucky Irving, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Bucky Irving at 51.5 rushing yards, 13.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 33% chance to score a touchdown (16, 15, 16 and 17 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.5 fantasy points for RJ Harvey, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has RJ Harvey at 17.5 rushing yards, 27.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 33% chance to score a touchdown (16, 16, 13 and 14 market sources).

That puts Bucky Irving 0.1 points ahead of RJ Harvey on the market projections.

Injury status

Bucky Irving is not on the injury report.

RJ Harvey is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Bucky Irving played 62 percent of TB snaps, took 58 percent of the carries, drew 12 percent of the targets and had 29 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.

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.

Through Week 4, RJ Harvey played 43 percent of DEN snaps, took 20 percent of the carries, drew 22 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

RJ Harvey, Week 1 against KC: 26 of 51 snaps, 3 carries for 18 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 23 yards.

RJ Harvey, Week 3 against LAR: 24 of 67 snaps, 2 carries for 6 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 41 yards.

RJ Harvey, Week 4 against SF: 29 of 65 snaps, 7 carries for 25 yards, 10 targets and 10 catches for 68 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, RJ Harvey played 17 games for DEN and scored 206.6 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing RB20.

He ran 146 times for 540 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 47 of 58 targets for 356 yards.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Bucky Irving.
• Start Bucky Irving over Blake Corum.
• Start Braelon Allen over Bucky Irving.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over RJ Harvey.
• Start Cam Skattebo over RJ Harvey.
• Start RJ Harvey over D'Andre Swift.