RB TB
Week 5 · PPR
Start or sit Bucky Irving?
The verdict comes from our weekly projection model: last season's opportunity-based xFP/g shrunk toward the position mean, then adjusted for role, injury status, the opponent's fantasy points allowed and the Vegas game total vs the league average.
Start
#5 RB projection this week — comfortable start.
Start call: Bucky Irving projects for 17.5 PPR points this week, ranked #5 among RBs by our projection model. @DAL is a soft matchup for RBs — the model applies a +9% swing to his projection. Vegas posts the total at 52.5 — 111% of the 47.2 league average for week 5.
Season projection table
PPR · weeks 1–18
| Wk | Proj (PPR) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 18.7 |
| 2 | 14.9 |
| 3 | 13.9 |
| 4 | 15.3 |
| 5 this week | 17.5 |
| 6 | 13.9 |
| 7 | 16.6 |
| 8 | 15.3 |
| 9 | 14.8 |
| 10 | — |
| 11 | 13.8 |
| 12 | 16.5 |
| 13 | 13.4 |
| 14 | 16.0 |
| 15 | 14.7 |
| 16 | 15.3 |
| 17 | 15.2 |
| 18 | 14.7 |