Derrick Henry or Cooper Kupp: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Derrick Henry: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 44th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cooper Kupp: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Derrick Henry at 6.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.

The player markets price Cooper Kupp at 6.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 49th highest figure of the 124 players the market prices.

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, 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.

Through Week 5, Cooper Kupp has been on the field for 64 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 9.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against WAS he caught 4 of 5 targets for 46 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against LAC he caught 1 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against SF he caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

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 Cooper Kupp played 16 games and scored 117.3 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR53.

He caught 47 of 70 targets for 593 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 12.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Derrick Henry was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Derrick Henry scored 16.4 PPR points a game and Cooper Kupp 7.3, 9.1 a game between them.

Derrick Henry finished RB8 and Cooper Kupp WR53, which are two different ladders.

Derrick Henry is a running back and Cooper Kupp 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 Cooper Kupp in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

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.