Should I start Bucky Irving or Derrick Henry in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bucky Irving, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Derrick Henry, and the board ranks him 26th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Bucky Irving, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Derrick Henry's market-based projection is 13.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 16th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Bucky Irving has been on the field for 64 percent of TB snaps, taken 57 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 45 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 6 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have come 2.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against PIT he carried 19 times for 46 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CAR he carried 24 times for 106 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 8 against ATL he carried 27 times for 170 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Derrick Henry has been on the field for 57 percent of BAL snaps, taken 71 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 66 third down targets, had 16 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 47 two minute targets.

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

In Week 6 against CLE he carried 17 times for 58 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Bucky Irving played 10 games and scored 138.5 PPR points, 13.9 a game, finishing RB34.

He carried 173 times for 588 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 30 of 35 targets for 277 more yards.

That came to 17.3 carries a game at 3.4 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 62 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 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Derrick Henry scored 16.4 PPR points a game and Bucky Irving 13.9, 2.6 a game between them.

Bucky Irving finished RB34 that year and Derrick Henry RB8.

Derrick Henry had 134 more carries than Bucky Irving, 307 to 173.

Bucky Irving had 15 more catches than Derrick Henry, 30 to 15.

This season Bucky Irving holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 57 percent.

This season Derrick Henry holds the bigger share of the carries, 71 percent against 57 percent.

Byes and availability

Bucky Irving is off in Week 10 and Derrick Henry in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Bucky Irving has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.