Derrick Henry or CeeDee Lamb: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Derrick Henry at 18.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 11th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price CeeDee Lamb at 18.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 14th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Derrick Henry: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 8th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 12.

Drafters have formed no consensus on CeeDee Lamb: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 9th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 25.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Derrick Henry has been on the field for 54 percent of BAL snaps, taken 71 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 65 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 3 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have come 3.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against IND he carried 24 times for 144 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 19 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against NO he carried 16 times for 68 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 2, CeeDee Lamb has been on the field for 78 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 2 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 13.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against NYG he carried 1 time for 0 yards, caught 5 of 8 targets for 44 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against WAS he caught 8 of 9 targets for 153 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb played 14 games and scored 200.9 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing WR22.

He caught 75 of 117 targets for 1077 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 75 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Derrick Henry was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Derrick Henry scored 16.4 PPR points a game and CeeDee Lamb 14.4, 2.1 a game between them.

Derrick Henry finished RB8 and CeeDee Lamb WR22, which are two different ladders.

Derrick Henry is a running back and CeeDee Lamb a wide receiver, 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 and CeeDee Lamb in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.