Derrick Henry or Drake London: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Derrick Henry: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 12th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Drake London: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 14th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Derrick Henry at 17.7 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Drake London at 17.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 19th highest figure of the 183 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 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, Drake London has been on the field for 85 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 8.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against CAR he carried 1 time for -2 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 51 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against GB he caught 9 of 10 targets for 194 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 5 of 6 targets for 96 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 Drake London played 12 games and scored 201.9 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR19.

He caught 68 of 112 targets for 919 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 9.3 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 13.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Derrick Henry was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Drake London scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Derrick Henry 16.4, 0.4 a game between them.

Derrick Henry finished RB8 and Drake London WR19, which are two different ladders.

Derrick Henry is a running back and Drake London 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. No bye is listed for Drake London.

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.