Bucky Irving Fantasy Football Week 2: Stats and Projections vs. Browns

Tampa Bay Buccaneers RB Bucky Irving will be up against the team with last season's 16th-ranked run defense, the Cleveland Browns (116.4 yards conceded per game), in Week 2 -- beginning at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday.

Is Irving a daily fantasy option for you this week, as he faces the Browns? More stats and information can be found below, so check it out.

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Bucky Irving Week 2 Fantasy Football Projection

• Matchup: Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Cleveland Browns
• Game Date: September 20, 2026
• Game Time: 1 p.m.
• Projected Fantasy Points: 10.3
• PPR Projected Fantasy Points: 11.3
• Projected Rushing Yards: 58.57
• Projected Rushing TDs: 0.36
• Projected Receiving Yards: 16.31
• Projected Receiving TDs: 0.13

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Irving 2025 Fantasy Performance

• Irving picked up 108.5 fantasy points (10.9 per game), 35th at his position and 135th in the league.
• In his one game so far this year, Irving had 45 rushing yards on eight attempts and one touchdown, and 48 receiving yards on seven catches (seven targets), ending up with 13.3 fantasy points.
• Irving picked up 20.5 fantasy points -- 15 carries, 63 yards; 5 receptions, 102 yards, 1 TD -- in Week 4 versus the Philadelphia Eagles, which was his best game last year.
• In his second-best performance last year -- Week 14 against the New Orleans Saints -- Irving picked up 14.1 fantasy points. His stat line: 15 carries, 55 yards; 2 receptions, 26 yards, 1 TD.
• In his worst game of the season -- Week 17 versus the Miami Dolphins -- Irving accumulated 3.3 fantasy points. His stat line was: 9 carries, 19 yards.
• Irving accumulated 7.1 fantasy points -- 16 carries, 60 yards -- in Week 15 versus the Atlanta Falcons, his second-worst performance of the year.

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Browns Defensive Performance

• Looking at last year, Cleveland did not let a QB total more than 300 passing yards against them in a game.
• Last year, the Browns allowed 14 QBs to throw at least one TD pass in a game.
• Through the air last season, Cleveland gave up at least two passing touchdowns to seven opposing QBs.
• Versus the Browns last year, just three players threw for at least three touchdowns in a game.
• Through the air, Cleveland allowed more than 100 receiving yards to only one player last season.
• The Browns allowed 22 players to catch a TD pass against them last season.
• Looking at pass defense, Cleveland allowed only three players to catch at least two touchdown passes against it last year.
• On the ground, three players picked up more than 100 rushing yards in a game against the Browns last season.
• In terms of run defense, Cleveland gave up at least one rushing touchdown to 11 players last season.
• In the running game, the Browns allowed just three players to score at least two rushing touchdowns against them last year.

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