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Should I start Bijan Robinson or Derrick Henry in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 9:11 AM ET.

Week 10 verdict

Start

RB · ATL · vs KC

Market projects
22.4
recent weeks avg
KC D vs RB
19.8
10th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
Rising
77 of 100 at RB
Snap share
73%
Through Week 9
Target share
17%
Through Week 9
Sit

RB · BAL · vs LAC

Market projects
15.0
recent weeks avg
LAC D vs RB
22.5
11th most to RBs (2026)
Upside
Moderate
50 of 100 at RB
Snap share
55%
Through Week 9
Target share
6%
Through Week 9
Start Robinson or Henry? The full Week 10 breakdown

Start Bijan Robinson: 81 percent of the snaps and 74 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Derrick Henry's 49 percent of the snaps and 57 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Derrick Henry for Bijan Robinson?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Bijan Robinson projects 155 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (22.1 a game over 7 games), Derrick Henry 109 (15.6 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Bijan Robinson over Derrick Henry.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

RB13 · ATL · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 3-6

Market-based projection
22.6 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
44

RB14 · BAL · bye 13

2026 vs carries line 4-5

Market-based projection
12.4 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
45

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The gap

  • Board size306 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bijan Robinson, and the board ranks him 44th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Derrick Henry, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Bijan Robinson is 6.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Derrick Henry is 6.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Bijan Robinson's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Bijan Robinson has been on the field for 73 percent of ATL snaps, taken 67 percent of the carries, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 8 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 40 targets have come 1.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against SF he carried 20 times for 63 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against TB he carried 19 times for 76 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against CIN he carried 19 times for 100 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 47 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Derrick Henry has been on the field for 55 percent of BAL snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 51 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 72 third down targets, had 16 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 49 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have come 2.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against CIN he carried 17 times for 45 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BUF he carried 11 times for 53 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against JAX he carried 17 times for 57 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Bijan Robinson played 17 games and scored 370.8 PPR points, 21.8 a game, finishing RB2.

He carried 287 times for 1478 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 79 of 103 targets for 820 more yards.

That came to 16.9 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 4.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Derrick Henry played 17 games and scored 279.5 PPR points, 16.4 a game, finishing RB8.

He carried 307 times for 1595 yards and 16 touchdowns, and caught 15 of 21 targets for 150 more yards.

That came to 18.1 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Bijan Robinson scored 21.8 PPR points a game and Derrick Henry 16.4, 5.4 a game between them.

Bijan Robinson finished RB2 that year and Derrick Henry RB8.

Derrick Henry had 20 more carries than Bijan Robinson, 307 to 287.

Bijan Robinson had 64 more catches than Derrick Henry, 79 to 15.

This season Bijan Robinson holds the bigger snap share, 73 percent against 55 percent.

This season Derrick Henry holds the bigger share of the carries, 68 percent against 67 percent.

Byes and availability

Bijan Robinson is off in Week 11 and Derrick Henry in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Derrick Henry for Bijan Robinson?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Bijan Robinson projects 155 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (22.1 a game over 7 games), Derrick Henry 109 (15.6 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Bijan Robinson over Derrick Henry.

  • Should I drop Bijan Robinson for Derrick Henry?

    No. Keep Bijan Robinson: he projects 155 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (22.1 a game over 7 games), Derrick Henry 109 (15.6 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Bijan Robinson over Derrick Henry.

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