RBs vs Minnesota Vikings
As of Week 3 · through 2 games · PPR
Showing every RB who had a role in each game.
| Wk | Team | Player | Slot | Car | RuYd | RuTD | Tgt | Rec | ReYd | ReTD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  GB | MarShawn Lloyd | RB1 | 13 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 |
| Chris Brooks | RB2 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | ||
| 2 |  CHI | D'Andre Swift | RB1 | 16 | 45 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 12.9 |
| Kyle Monangai | RB2 | 10 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7.8 | ||
| Average | 11.5 | 39.5 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 16.3 | 0.0 | 6.8 | |||
| Median | 11.5 | 41.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 5.8 | |||
| High | 16 | 47 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 12.9 | |||
| Low | 7 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | |||
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 Vikings.
I predict about 12.2 points for Bucky Irving if playing as a RB1. Bucky Irving has averaged 16.6 over 2 games, and the Vikings have given up 8.3 to RB1s (-47% vs the league average of 15.7).
How this projection is built
1. The player. Bucky Irving scored: Wk 1 20.3, Wk 2 13.0. Average 16.6; weighted toward recent games it is 15.0.
2. The defense. Over 2 games, the Vikings allowed 8.3 points to their opponent's RB1. The league average for that slot is 15.7, so that is -47%.
3. Trusting small samples less. With 2 defensive games, only 40% of the gap is applied, capped at +/-30%. That gives a -19% adjustment (x0.81).
4. Result. 15.0 x 0.81 = 12.2. 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.
Why this percentage?
The projection (12.2) 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 7.3 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 12.
With only 2 games 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 11.5 carries, 39.5 rushing yards and 1.8 receptions per player-game against the Vikings across 2 games.
- The Vikings allow 13.6 PPR points to the position per game, -35% versus the league average of 21.0 (ranked 28 of 32, where 1 is most generous). That is a tough matchup.
- Outlier: Week 2, D'Andre Swift (12.9 pts) sits far above the other games and pulls the averages up. Average with it vs without it: pts 6.8 vs 4.8. The table above keeps the raw averages.
- 1 of 4 player-games reached 10+ PPR points. Scores range from 2.9 to 12.9 (median 5.8).
- all RBs scored a touchdown in 0 of 4 player-games (0%).
- Small sample: only 2 games 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
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 Vikings have allowed 8.3 points to RB1s over 2 games (-47% vs league). The model applies 40% of that gap because the sample is small, giving a -19% adjustment.
- Last season's average (13.8) is blended in at 50% weight because this season's sample is small.
- Game environment -4%: Vegas total 42.5, implied 20.5 points for TB (league avg 22.5); Mild weather (87F, 7 mph wind): no weather adjustment.
- Projection: 11.7 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 Vikings
Season so far, compared with what the group you pick below has done against the Vikings, 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 Vikings 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.
Vikings 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 Vikings 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.
| Wk | Opp | Car | RuYd | RuTD | Tgt | Rec | ReYd | ReTD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIN | 8 | 45 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 48 | 0 | 20.3 |
| 2 | CLE | 17 | 89 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13.0 |
| Irving avg | 12.5 | 67.0 | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 24.5 | 0.0 | 16.6 | |
| Vikings All avg | 11.5 | 39.5 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 16.3 | 0.0 | 6.8 | |
| Difference | -1.0 | -27.5 | -0.5 | -3.3 | -3.8 | -8.3 | +0.0 | -9.8 | |
| Projected | 10.2 | 54.4 | 0.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 19.9 | 0.0 | 11.7 | |
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.