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Trade Bucky Irving for Zay Flowers? Yes, Flowers is worth 18 more.

Yes on value. Zay Flowers is worth 66 rest of season and Bucky Irving 48, so the side getting Flowers gains 18. Irving rates 12.3 market points a game with 11 games left, Flowers 15.1 with 11. On usage, Irving has 58 percent of TB carries and 12 percent of its targets; Flowers has drawn 30 percent of BAL targets. Irving hosts PIT in Week 6 (9th most points allowed to RBs); Flowers is at CLE in Week 6 (8th most points allowed to WRs). Neither carries an injury designation this week.

The verdict, Week 5

Getting Zay Flowers wins by 18.

Bucky Irving 4866 Zay Flowers

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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

Zay Flowers

WR10BAL

66

value, #28

Pts/game
15.1
Games left
11
Bye
13
Zay Flowers weekly market-based points
Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5
16.115.114.6

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.

Flowers is the 10th receiver on the chart and 28th overall. His 15.1 a game is 6.0 above the replacement receiver's 9.1, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 13, which is how he comes to 66.

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 Zay Flowers at 16.1 in Week 3, 15.1 in Week 4 and 14.6 in Week 5, a median of 15.1 points a game, down 1.5 from his first frozen week to his latest.

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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.

Zay Flowers has scored 81.8 PPR points in 4 games, 20.5 a game, 5.4 a game more than the 15.1 the market prices him at from here.

Last season he finished WR7 with 243.3 PPR points in 17 games, 14.3 a game.

Week 1 vs IND: 26.0 points (WR7 that week), 5 of 6 targets for 150 yards, 1 touchdown, 29 percent of snaps.

Week 3 vs DAL: 15.4 points (WR22 that week), 20 rushing yards on 1 carry, 5 of 6 targets for 84 yards, 33 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs TEN: 25.8 points (WR7 that week), 8 of 10 targets for 118 yards, 1 touchdown, 73 percent of snaps.

Week 5 vs ATL: 14.6 points (WR18 that week), 13 rushing yards on 1 carry, 8 of 9 targets for 53 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, Zay Flowers has averaged 7.3 targets and 6.0 catches for 117 yards a game on 45 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 4 times inside the 20, 11 percent of his team's chances there, and has scored 2 touchdowns in 3 games.

In Week 4 against TEN he had 10 targets on 73 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; Zay Flowers has 11 games with his bye in Week 13.

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.

CLE, Flowers's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 37.3 PPR points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 8th most to WRs of 32.

What would even it

The side getting Bucky Irving would want about 18 more added to make it even: a player like Patrick Mahomes, valued at 18. Two players for Flowers also costs that side a roster spot.

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Common questions

  • Should I trade Bucky Irving for Zay Flowers?

    Yes on value: Zay Flowers is worth 66 and Bucky Irving 48, a gain of 18. If Bucky Irving starts for you and Zay Flowers would sit, check the lineup first in the trade analyzer.

  • Who has more rest-of-season value, Bucky Irving or Zay Flowers?

    Zay Flowers, 66 to 48. He rates 15.1 market points a game over 11 games left, against 12.3 over 11 for Bucky Irving, 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