The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast on Bucky Irving

Podcast1145: 15 Transactions for Week 7October 20, 2026

From the episode

Bucky Irving's usage has been all over the place this season. Let's start with the ground game work. In week one, he had a 42% rush share. He followed that up with a 68% one, 71%, 52%, 57%. And then in week six, it was 76% a season high.

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STACKED’s take

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Irving's usage surge and Mayfield's return create buy-low opportunity.

Usage volatile all season (rush share 42%-76%, route share 34%-64%, snap share 55%-85%) but week 6 showed potential: 76% rush share, 64% route share, 85% snap share. Baker Mayfield could return soon; Mayfield targets RBs at 26% rate vs. Jalen Daniels' 15%. Sean Tucker was out week 6 (helped Irving's workload). Expected 13.3 PPR in week 6 despite 6.9 actual PPR; buy-low opportunity if manager frustrated.