Make the Buck Irving Hype Make Sense

Everywhere comment I see talking about Bucky Irving is just crazy enthusiasm for him as a player, but on paper I don’t understand it this guy is a combo of players people here hate. His value on KTC also shows that generally dynasty players are in love with him. I’m not saying he’s bad but I do think he’s very inflated in value and I wanna understand what others are seeing and I’m not.

This sub hates Achane and used to hate James Cook (I think this has changed). Both players their biggest fault people would point to is their size. People here would constantly point out that both players lacked the size to hold up and be a primary back. Achane is 5’9” 188. Cook is 5’11” 190. 5’10” 195. All three are fairly comparable sizes and are for sure smaller backs. Achane was pick 84. Cook was pick 63. Bucky was pick 125. So draft capital wise Bucky is worse as well. I see both these players as the absolute ceiling for Bucky, but it seems as though most people think Bucky is better than Cook and pretty comparable to Achane.

People are quick to say they believe the Bengals will draft a RB because Chase Brown wasn’t a day 2 pick and use Dameon Pierce as the example of what can go wrong. Pierce was pick 107 so he went earlier than Bucky. Not saying I think the Bucs will draft a RB more so pointing out that people talk about him like he was a player the team invested significant draft capital in, but they didn’t.

Could it be that Bucky beat out White? This sub and I think generally everyone saw White as a bad RB receiving high volume so it shouldn’t be an accomplishment that he won the job. Equally Achane beat out Mostert who I would generally say people had a higher opinion of than White.

All in all I think Bucky really represents a medley of players this sub generally is down on, yet everywhere I look I see unmitigated hype for the guy and I just don’t understand why. The only conclusion I can come to is that people who got him got him late so they’re over inflating him because they want the win of finding a gem. I’m not gonna disagree that he is a gem but by the same token so is Chase brown.

Someone make the hype make sense to me.