Bucky Irving handled 20 rush attempts for 97 yards and 2 TDs while adding 4 receptions on five targets for another 28 yards. He finished Week 9 with 27.5 PPR points, his second-highest mark this season, to rank as the RB2 pending Monday Night Football.
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Irving has now finished as a top-three RB in three of the past five weeks, coming away with 18.9 PPR points per game to rank as the RB7 over that span.
He’s getting there on a 56.5% carry share and an 11.4% target share this season, making him one of just 11 RBs with at least a 50.0% carry share and a 10% target share.
He’s been an impressively efficient rusher, ranking 10th in yards per carry at 5.0 despite handling 147 total carries entering Week 9, the fifth-most among all RBs.
Which was on full display Sunday night, gashing the Bears defense for a 25-yard run on the opening play of the fourth quarter.
Irving gets a rest week with the Buccaneers on a Week 10 bye before a Week 11 matchup with a Lions defense that’s allowing the fourth-most total yards among defenses.
