Should I start Dameon Pierce or TreVeyon Henderson in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dameon Pierce, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on TreVeyon Henderson, and the board ranks him 173rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Dameon Pierce is 3.2 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.

The market-based projection for TreVeyon Henderson is 1.9 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.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Dameon Pierce has been on the field for 80 percent of PHI snaps, taken 66 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 36 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 0.9 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against JAX he carried 11 times for 14 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for -2 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he carried 12 times for 35 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against DAL he carried 14 times for 47 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 1 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, TreVeyon Henderson has been on the field for 32 percent of NE snaps, taken 32 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have come 0.9 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against LV he carried 4 times for 22 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYJ he carried 7 times for 31 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he carried 3 times for 9 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Dameon Pierce played 5 games and scored 3.6 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB128.

He carried 14 times for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 more yards.

That came to 2.8 carries a game at 2.6 yards a carry.

He was on the field for 8 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 TreVeyon Henderson played 17 games and scored 206.2 PPR points, 12.1 a game, finishing RB21.

He carried 180 times for 911 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 42 targets for 221 more yards.

That came to 10.6 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

TreVeyon Henderson was available for 12 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 TreVeyon Henderson scored 12.1 PPR points a game and Dameon Pierce 0.7, 11.4 a game between them.

Dameon Pierce finished RB128 that year and TreVeyon Henderson RB21.

TreVeyon Henderson had 166 more carries than Dameon Pierce, 180 to 14.

TreVeyon Henderson had 35 more catches than Dameon Pierce, 35 to 0.

This season Dameon Pierce holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 32 percent.

This season Dameon Pierce holds the bigger share of the carries, 66 percent against 32 percent.

Byes and availability

Dameon Pierce is off in Week 10 and TreVeyon Henderson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Dameon Pierce is listed as questionable on the injury report.