Jacory Croskey-Merritt or Derrick Henry: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacory Croskey-Merritt: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 37th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 8.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 35th highest figure of the 123 players the market prices.

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.

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, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has been on the field for 45 percent of WAS snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 0.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against SEA he carried 19 times for 36 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against IND he carried 9 times for 15 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NYG he carried 11 times for 82 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He carried 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 more yards.

That came to 10.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Derrick Henry scored 16.4 PPR points a game and Jacory Croskey-Merritt 8.3, 8.2 a game between them.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt finished RB33 that year and Derrick Henry RB8.

Derrick Henry had 132 more carries than Jacory Croskey-Merritt, 307 to 175.

Derrick Henry had 6 more catches than Jacory Croskey-Merritt, 15 to 9.

This season Derrick Henry holds the bigger snap share, 58 percent against 45 percent.

This season Derrick Henry holds the bigger share of the carries, 72 percent against 46 percent.

Byes and availability

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is off in Week 7 and Derrick Henry in Week 13, 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.