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Trade Bucky Irving for Jaylen Waddle? No, Irving is worth 12 more.

No on value. Bucky Irving is worth 48 rest of season and Jaylen Waddle 36, so giving up Irving costs 12. Irving rates 12.3 market points a game with 11 games left, Waddle 12.4 with 11. On usage, Irving has 58 percent of TB carries and 12 percent of its targets; Waddle has drawn 21 percent of DEN targets. Irving hosts PIT in Week 6 (9th most points allowed to RBs); Waddle hosts SEA in Week 6 (2nd fewest points allowed to WRs). Neither carries an injury designation this week.

The verdict, Week 5

Keeping Bucky Irving wins by 12.

Bucky Irving 4836 Jaylen Waddle

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Bucky Irving

RB20TB

48

value, #39

Pts/game
12.3
Games left
11
Bye
10
Bucky Irving weekly market-based points
Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5
12.912.311.5

Jaylen Waddle

WR19DEN

36

value, #43

Pts/game
12.4
Games left
11
Bye
10
Jaylen Waddle weekly market-based points
Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5
12.512.412.2

Where the values come from

Irving is the 20th running back on the chart and 39th overall. His 12.3 a game is 4.4 above the replacement running back's 7.9, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 10, which is how he comes to 48.

Waddle is the 19th receiver on the chart and 43rd overall. His 12.4 a game is 3.3 above the replacement receiver's 9.1, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 10, which is how he comes to 36.

The weekly market prices

The market priced Bucky Irving at 12.9 in Week 3, 12.3 in Week 4 and 11.5 in Week 5, a median of 12.3 points a game, down 1.5 from his first frozen week to his latest.

The market priced Jaylen Waddle at 12.5 in Week 3, 12.4 in Week 4 and 12.2 in Week 5, a median of 12.4 points a game, flat across them.

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Points so far against the price

Bucky Irving has scored 78.7 PPR points in 5 games, 15.7 a game, 3.4 a game more than the 12.3 the market prices him at from here.

Last season he finished RB34 with 138.5 PPR points in 10 games, 13.9 a game.

Week 1 vs CIN: 20.3 points (RB12 that week), 45 rushing yards on 8 carries, 7 of 7 targets for 48 yards, 1 touchdown, 61 percent of snaps.

Week 2 vs CLE: 13.0 points (RB15 that week), 89 rushing yards on 17 carries, 4 of 4 targets for 1 yards, 78 percent of snaps.

Week 3 vs MIN: 7.8 points (RB35 that week), 46 rushing yards on 15 carries, 2 of 4 targets for 12 yards, 52 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs GB: 6.1 points (RB42 that week), 61 rushing yards on 16 carries, 58 percent of snaps.

Week 5 vs DAL: 31.5 points (RB3 that week), 165 rushing yards on 21 carries, 2 of 3 targets for 10 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Jaylen Waddle has scored 48.7 PPR points in 5 games, 9.7 a game, 2.7 a game less than the 12.4 the market prices him at from here.

Last season he finished WR24 with 194.1 PPR points in 16 games with MIA, 12.1 a game.

Week 1 vs KC: 1.2 points (WR102 that week), 1 of 3 targets for 2 yards, 75 percent of snaps.

Week 2 vs JAX: 21.8 points (WR9 that week), 8 of 10 targets for 138 yards, 61 percent of snaps.

Week 3 vs LAR: 6.4 points (WR65 that week), 14 rushing yards on 1 carry, 2 of 7 targets for 10 yards, 73 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs SF: 14.5 points (WR25 that week), 5 of 6 targets for 35 yards, 1 touchdown, 69 percent of snaps.

Week 5 vs LAC: 4.8 points (WR62 that week), 9 rushing yards on 1 carry, 2 of 5 targets for 19 yards.

Usage a game this season

Through Week 4, Bucky Irving has averaged 14.0 carries for 60 yards and 3.8 targets and 3.3 catches for 15 yards a game on 62 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 9 times inside the 20, 29 percent of his team's chances there, and has scored 1 touchdown in 4 games.

In Week 4 against GB he had 16 carries and 0 targets on 58 percent of the snaps.

Through Week 4, Jaylen Waddle has averaged 6.5 targets and 4.0 catches for 46 yards a game on 69 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 2 times inside the 20, 7 percent of his team's chances there, and has scored 1 touchdown in 4 games.

In Week 4 against SF he had 6 targets on 69 percent of the snaps.

Schedule and next matchup

A trade made now buys Week 6 through Week 17. Bucky Irving has 11 games in it with his bye in Week 10; Jaylen Waddle has 11 games with his bye in Week 10.

PIT, Irving's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 24.6 PPR points a game to RBs this season over 4 games, the 9th most to RBs of 32.

SEA, Waddle's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 21.3 PPR points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 2nd fewest to WRs of 32.

What would even it

The side getting Jaylen Waddle would want about 12 more added to make it even: a player like Tucker Kraft, valued at 12. Two players for Irving also costs that side a roster spot.

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Common questions

  • Should I trade Bucky Irving for Jaylen Waddle?

    No on value: Bucky Irving is worth 48 and Jaylen Waddle 36, a loss of 12. It can still help a lineup that needs a receiver more than it needs Irving.

  • Who has more rest-of-season value, Bucky Irving or Jaylen Waddle?

    Bucky Irving, 48 to 36. He rates 12.3 market points a game over 11 games left, against 12.4 over 11 for Jaylen Waddle, each measured above a replacement starter at his own position.

  • How are these trade values calculated?

    Each player's points per game is the median of the market-based PPR points we froze before each week's first kickoff, Weeks 3, 4, 5. A replacement starter's rate is subtracted and the rest is multiplied by his games from Week 6 to Week 17, bye taken out. No expert opinion is involved.

By the Parlae deskValues updated Oct 12, 2026 at 9:06 AM ETHow this is builtReport a wrong number