Derrick Henry or Davante Adams: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Derrick Henry at 15.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 37th highest figure of the 204 players the market prices.

The player markets price Davante Adams at 14.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 44th highest figure of the 204 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Derrick Henry: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 26th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Davante Adams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 25th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Derrick Henry has been on the field for 59 percent of BAL snaps, taken 73 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 25 third down targets, had 11 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have come 4.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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

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.

Through Week 4, Davante Adams has been on the field for 76 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 16.7 air yards.

In Week 2 against NYG he caught 8 of 10 targets for 195 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against DEN he caught 7 of 13 targets for 137 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PHI he caught 4 of 9 targets for 32 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 Davante Adams played 14 games and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 13.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 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 Davante Adams 15.9, 0.5 a game between them.

Derrick Henry finished RB8 and Davante Adams WR9, which are two different ladders.

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

What would change the answer

0.8 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.