Should I start Derrick Henry or James Cook III in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Derrick Henry, and the board ranks him 47th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on James Cook III, and the board ranks him 59th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 2; 2QB: ADP 10.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Derrick Henry is 6.1 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 James Cook III is 4.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Derrick Henry has been on the field for 55 percent of BAL snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 51 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 72 third down targets, had 16 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 49 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have come 2.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against CIN he carried 17 times for 45 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BUF he carried 11 times for 53 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against JAX he carried 17 times for 57 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, James Cook III has been on the field for 54 percent of BUF snaps, taken 66 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 3 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 8 against BAL he carried 21 times for 80 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 21 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against MIN he carried 31 times for 107 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 James Cook III played 17 games and scored 302.2 PPR points, 17.8 a game, finishing RB6.

He carried 309 times for 1621 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 291 more yards.

That came to 18.2 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 1.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 James Cook III scored 17.8 PPR points a game and Derrick Henry 16.4, 1.3 a game between them.

Derrick Henry finished RB8 that year and James Cook III RB6.

James Cook III had 2 more carries than Derrick Henry, 309 to 307.

James Cook III had 18 more catches than Derrick Henry, 33 to 15.

This season Derrick Henry holds the bigger snap share, 55 percent against 54 percent.

This season Derrick Henry holds the bigger share of the carries, 68 percent against 66 percent.

Byes and availability

Derrick Henry is off in Week 13 and James Cook III in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.