Start Bucky Irving. Irving is projected for 16.4 PPR points vs 13.8 for DeVonta Smith, and faces the 8th-softest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Bucky Irving RB · TB | DeVonta Smith WR · PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 16.4 | 13.8 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 15.8 | 12.0 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 17.3 | 15.9 |
| StatChasers projection | 16.4 (RB12) | — |
| Opponent | vs ATL | vs WAS |
| Opponent vs. position | 8th-softest (24.6 pts/g allowed) | 6th-softest (35.9 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 57% carry share (last 3) | 34% target share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | WR |
| Our call | START · Strong RB1 | START · WR2 |
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Start Bucky Irving. Irving projects for 16.4 PPR points vs ATL, against 13.8 for DeVonta Smith vs WAS: a 2.6-point edge.
The projection is the average of every source that carries each player this week, and a player listed Out or Doubtful is never the start.
Bucky Irving is projected to score more: 16.4 PPR points to 13.8 for DeVonta Smith.
The sources range from 15.8 to 17.3 for Irving and from 12.0 to 15.9 for Smith. The ranges overlap, so Smith outscoring Irving is a realistic result.
Bucky Irving is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Irving at 15.8 PPR points, against 12.0 for DeVonta Smith.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Bucky Irving has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Irving at 17.3 PPR points, against 15.9 for DeVonta Smith.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Bucky Irving plays ATL and DeVonta Smith plays WAS in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Irving faces the 8th-softest defense against RBs and Smith faces the 6th-softest defense against WRs, so DeVonta Smith has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Bucky Irving has drawn 57% of his team's carries, and DeVonta Smith 34% of his team's targets.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is DeVonta Smith.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Bucky Irving nor DeVonta Smith has an injury designation for Week 8.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Bucky Irving is projected by 6 of them and DeVonta Smith by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.