Should I start Derrick Henry or George Kittle in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Derrick Henry, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Kittle, and the board ranks him 18th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Derrick Henry, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

George Kittle's market-based projection is 15.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 5th highest figure of the 12 players with a market-based projection.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Derrick Henry has been on the field for 58 percent of BAL snaps, taken 73 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 53 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 15 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 3.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

In Week 6 against CLE he carried 17 times for 58 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, George Kittle has been on the field for 73 percent of SF snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 7.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against ARI he caught 6 of 7 targets for 82 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against DEN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 70 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against SEA he caught 5 of 6 targets for 24 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 George Kittle played 11 games and scored 161.5 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE13.

He caught 57 of 69 targets for 628 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6.3 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 80 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Derrick Henry was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Derrick Henry scored 16.4 PPR points a game and George Kittle 14.7, 1.8 a game between them.

Derrick Henry finished RB8 and George Kittle TE13, which are two different ladders.

Derrick Henry is a running back and George Kittle a tight end, 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 George Kittle in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Derrick Henry has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.