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Bucky Irving
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RBs vs Cleveland Browns

As of Week 2 · through 1 game · PPR

Bucky Irving
Comparing
Bucky Irving vs the Browns
Projection 13.4 pts · 2 games played this season
Start

Showing every RB who had a role in each game.

Pts / game allowed
16.3
to all RBs
Rank
22
of 32 (1 = most allowed)
vs League
-30%
lg avg 23.2
WkTeamPlayerSlotCarRuYdRuTDTgtRecReYdReTDFPts
1JAXJAXBhayshul TutenRB115660112209.8
Ameer AbdullahRB2432011004.2
Chris Rodriguez Jr.RB3623000002.3
Average8.340.30.00.70.77.30.05.4
Median6.032.00.01.01.00.00.04.2
High15660112209.8
Low423000002.3

Averages are raw, outliers are never removed.

Prediction for Bucky Irving

Nobody knows which slot Bucky Irving will land in this week, so pick the one you expect. The projection changes because each slot faces a different average from the Browns.

If Bucky Irving plays as
14.2
projected PPR points

I predict about 14.2 points for Bucky Irving if playing as a RB1. Bucky Irving has averaged 20.3 over 1 game, and the Browns have given up 9.8 to RB1s (-44% vs the league average of 17.5).

How this projection is built

1. The player. Bucky Irving scored: Wk 1 20.3. Average 20.3; weighted toward recent games it is 16.0.

2. The defense. Over 1 game, the Browns allowed 9.8 points to their opponent's RB1. The league average for that slot is 17.5, so that is -44%.

3. Trusting small samples less. With 1 defensive game, only 25% of the gap is applied, capped at +/-30%. That gives a -11% adjustment (x0.89).

4. Result. 16.0 x 0.89 = 14.2. Switching slots only changes step 2 and 3: the player's own numbers stay the same, but each slot faces a different defensive average.

It is a statistical model, not knowledge of injuries, game script or weather.

Chance to score

Type a point total to see how likely Bucky Irving is to reach it as a RB1.

43%
chance of 14+ PPR points
Why this percentage?

The projection (14.2) is the middle of the range. Fantasy scores swing a lot from game to game, so the model spreads possible scores around it by about 8.5 points, leaning on Bucky Irving's own game-to-game swings once there are several games (and on typical RB swings before that).

Scores are modelled as right-skewed, since a big game is possible but a very negative one is not. The percentage is the share of that spread at or above 14.

With only 1 game of history, treat this as a rough gauge. It gets sharper as the season goes on. It is never lower than 1% or higher than 99%.

Insights

  • all RBs have averaged 8.3 carries, 40.3 rushing yards and 0.7 receptions per player-game against the Browns across 1 game.
  • The Browns allow 16.3 PPR points to the position per game, -30% versus the league average of 23.2 (ranked 22 of 32, where 1 is most generous). That is a tough matchup.
  • Outlier: Week 1, Bhayshul Tuten (9.8 pts, 15 car, 66 rush yds) sits far above the other games and pulls the averages up. Average with it vs without it: pts 5.4 vs 3.3; car 8.3 vs 5.0; rush yds 40.3 vs 27.5. The table above keeps the raw averages.
  • 0 of 3 player-games reached 10+ PPR points. Scores range from 2.3 to 9.8 (median 4.2).
  • all RBs scored a touchdown in 0 of 3 player-games (0%).
  • Small sample: only 1 game so far. Treat these numbers as directional, not settled.

Insights are generated by rules from the table above and recalculate every week.

What do these columns mean?
Wk
Week of the season
Tgt
Targets (passes thrown to the player)
Rec
Receptions
ReYd
Receiving yards
ReTD
Receiving touchdowns
Car
Carries (rushing attempts)
RuYd
Rushing yards
RuTD
Rushing touchdowns
Cmp / Att
Completions and pass attempts
PaYd / PaTD
Passing yards and touchdowns
INT
Interceptions thrown
FGM / FGA
Field goals made and attempted
FPts
Fantasy points in your scoring format
Sck / TO
Defense: sacks and takeaways
PA
Points allowed by a defense
G
Games in the sample
vs Lg
Percent above or below the league average
Start / Sit · Bucky Irving
Start13.4 proj pts
Medium confidence

Bucky Irving usually plays as the team's RB1, so the verdict uses the RB1 numbers, not the slot selected above.

  • Bucky Irving averages 16.6 PPR points over 2 games (recent-weighted 16.2) and has played as the team's RB1.
  • The Browns have allowed 11.4 points to RB1s over 2 games (-27% vs league). The model applies 40% of that gap because the sample is small, giving a -11% adjustment.
  • Last season's average (13.8) is blended in at 50% weight because this season's sample is small.
  • Projection: 13.4 points.
  • For reference, a typical weekly starter-level RB scores about 12.2 and a top-tier one about 20.0.
  • A statistical model from box scores, Vegas lines, weather and injury tags. It cannot see role changes or in-game events.

Bucky Irving's stats vs the Browns

Season so far, compared with what the group you pick below has done against the Browns, plus a projection for this game.

What is this table?

Rows at the top are every game Bucky Irving has played this season, using the same stat columns as the table above.

Compare against picks which group of Browns opponents to line them up with: the best RB they faced in each game (1), the second best (2), the third best (3), or all of the top three. Nobody knows which slot Bucky Irving will land in this week, so this is your call, not a guess.

Browns avg is the average line of that group. Difference is that minus Bucky Irving's own average: green means the defense gives that slot more than Bucky Irving usually produces.

Projected is Bucky Irving's recent-weighted average scaled by how generous the Browns were to the slot you picked. Change the slot and the projected points change, because each slot has a different matchup adjustment. Picking Top 3 uses the usual-role projection.

Compare against
WkOppCarRuYdRuTDTgtRecReYdReTDFPts
1CIN84517748020.3
2CLE17890441013.0
Irving avg12.567.00.55.55.524.50.016.6
Browns All avg8.340.30.00.70.77.30.05.4
Difference-4.2-26.7-0.5-4.8-4.8-17.2+0.0-11.2
Projected11.159.70.44.94.921.80.013.4

Difference is what the defense allows minus what Irving averages (green = defense gives up more). Projected stats scale the player's averages by the matchup adjustment, so they are a rough guide.