Two players, one answer.

Bucky Irving vs Saquon Barkley

Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR

Stats through week 7 of 2026

This week
Start Bucky Irving · 16.5 to 11 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Bucky Irving by 23% (redraft PPR)
Dynasty
Bucky Irving by 54% (Dynasty Superflex)

Week 8 · PPR · 73% held up in 2025

Start Bucky Irving

On Sleeper's projections, Bucky Irving is projected 5.5 points ahead of Saquon Barkley. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 73% of the time.

RB · TB

Bucky Irving

16.5 projected

vs ATL · Sun 1:00 PM ET

15.7 a game this season · last 3: 31.5, 6.9, 24

RB · PHI

Saquon Barkley

11.0 projected

@ WAS · Sun 8:20 PM ETQuestionable

7.6 a game this season · last 3: 9, 2, 15.1

Bucky Irving has scored 20.8 a game over his last three, above his 15.7 season average.
Saquon Barkley is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.

What the call rests on

Bucky Irving: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 3:50 PM ET
Saquon Barkley: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 3:50 PM ET
Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 3:54 PM ET.
Injury statuses: Sleeper's player list, read Tue, Oct 27, 9:01 AM ET (once a day). Game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, come after it.

Same projections, scored	Irving	Barkley
PPR	16.5	11
Half PPR	14.9	10.4
Standard	13.2	9.8

What could change it before kickoff

Saquon Barkley's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Bucky Irving is the start.
Bucky Irving plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Saquon Barkley's late news is known.

Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)

This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with PPR settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.