Can fantasy managers trust Bucky Irving this season?
Yahoo Sports fantasy analysts Matt Harmon and Justin Boone discuss if fantasy managers can trust Bucky Irving this season or should they be hesitant after last season's results. Check out the full conversation on the "Yahoo Fantasy Forecast" - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube or wherever you listen.
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The first thing I have to address is that I took Bucky Irving in this round straight out of the Coping Corner.
Yeah.
I put Bucky Irving in the Coping Corner- What's up with that?
What, like February?
Okay, let's, let's talk through it, right?
I mentioned before, normally this year I'm trying to get at least a couple running backs in the first few rounds because it drops off so badly.
The way that th- this draft unfolded, I wasn't able to do that.
I didn't like the value that got to me every round.
I went in different directions because of it.
And normally, when I do just one running back builds early, you end up getting somebody.
There's, David Montgomery, for example.
I thought I was gonna get him in the last round.
I got sniped.
One pick before me, he goes off the board.
There's normally a few guys like that that you can take a chance on.
In this instance, it didn't happen.
So then I had to pivot, and we get to the sixth round now, and I have to take Bucky Irving, who's really in my mind, like the absolute end of that tier.
The last running back that you maybe could see have a pretty solid fantasy season.
I just think the problem with him, and the reason that we had him in the Coping Corner going all the way back to whenever that was, February, March, whatever, is because I don't think the ceiling's there anymore.
I don't think we could look at Bucky Irving- Yeah and say, "Okay, we're getting a top 10 season out of Bucky.
He's gonna be an RB1 for fantasy."
With Gainwell there, with Sean Tucker back, I don't think that's gonna happen.
It's gonna be something similar to what we saw last year.
Now, could he be a top 24 running back?
Yes, I think so.
And is that fine in the sixth round?
Absolutely, with the build that I have going right now.
I just need him to give me RB2 numbers.
So in the sixth round as that, like, stopgap failsafe, yes, I'm gonna have to keep investing in running back the rest of the way.
Bucky Irving ended up being the pick there, and I figured it might get a, a laugh or two out of people that saw it based on I've talked about him all off-season.
