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drafting Bucky Irving, 11.7 projected points per game as a low-end RB2/flex and drafting him over the wide receivers and Terry McClure and Luther Bird and Devonte Adams to put in your flex spot is silly.

STACKED’s take

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Avoid in flex over elite WRs; viable dead-zone RB target.

Ron Stewart argues that drafting Bucky Irving (11.7 PPG projected as a low-end RB2/flex) over wide receivers like Terry McClure, Luther Bird, and Devonte Adams to fill the flex spot is a mistake. Stewart emphasizes that the flex position should be won with elite wide receivers, not marginal running backs. However, Stewart also likes Irving in the dead zone (rounds 4–6) running back range, positioning him as a preferred target over most other dead zone backs in a two wide receiver one flex format.

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