Brenton Strange or Derrick Henry: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brenton Strange: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Derrick Henry: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Brenton Strange at 8.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 72nd highest figure of the 143 players the market prices.

The market has Derrick Henry at 4.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Derrick Henry's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Brenton Strange has been on the field for 79 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 7.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against NE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 7 of 8 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 7 of 8 targets for 68 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Derrick Henry has been on the field for 58 percent of BAL snaps, taken 72 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 55 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 13 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have come 3.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against DAL he carried 26 times for 89 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against TEN he carried 23 times for 73 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against ATL he carried 24 times for 102 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 18 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Brenton Strange played 12 games and scored 118.0 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing TE23.

He caught 46 of 60 targets for 540 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 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.

Derrick Henry was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Derrick Henry scored 16.4 PPR points a game and Brenton Strange 9.8, 6.6 a game between them.

Brenton Strange finished TE23 and Derrick Henry RB8, which are two different ladders.

Brenton Strange is a tight end and Derrick Henry a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Derrick Henry is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Brenton Strange.

What would change the answer

Derrick Henry is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.