Start Bucky Irving. Irving is projected for 15.5 PPR points vs 10.6 for Zach Charbonnet, and faces the 3rd-toughest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Bucky Irving RB · TB | Zach Charbonnet RB · SEA | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 15.5 | 10.6 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 13.6 | 10.0 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 17.6 | 11.2 |
| StatChasers projection | 14.4 (RB16) | 11.0 (RB27) |
| Opponent | vs CHI | vs ARI |
| Opponent vs. position | 3rd-toughest (17.8 pts/g allowed) | 14th-toughest (20.7 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 54% carry share (last 3) | 44% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | RB |
| Our call | START · RB2 | FLEX · Flex |
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Start Bucky Irving. Irving projects for 15.5 PPR points vs CHI, against 10.6 for Zach Charbonnet vs ARI: a 4.9-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: 15.5 PPR points to 10.6 for Zach Charbonnet.
The sources range from 13.6 to 17.6 for Irving and from 10.0 to 11.2 for Charbonnet. Even Charbonnet's highest projection is below Irving's lowest.
Bucky Irving is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Irving at 13.6 PPR points, against 10.0 for Zach Charbonnet.
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 17.6 PPR points, against 11.2 for Zach Charbonnet.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Bucky Irving plays CHI and Zach Charbonnet plays ARI in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Irving faces the 3rd-toughest defense against RBs and Charbonnet faces the 14th-toughest defense against RBs, so Zach Charbonnet 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 54% of his team's carries, and Zach Charbonnet 44% of his team's carries.
Bucky Irving has the bigger role, and volume is the steadiest thing a projection rests on.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Bucky Irving nor Zach Charbonnet has an injury designation for Week 9.
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 Zach Charbonnet by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.