Should I start Javonte Williams or Derrick Henry in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Javonte Williams, and the board ranks him 11th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Javonte Williams is 19.7 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 7 market sources. That is 70 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 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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Javonte Williams has been on the field for 74 percent of DAL snaps, taken 67 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 39 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 82 third down targets, had 22 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 55 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have come 1.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against PHI he carried 25 times for 155 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against ARI he carried 24 times for 56 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against IND he carried 20 times for 101 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Javonte Williams played 16 games and scored 242.8 PPR points, 15.2 a game, finishing RB12.

He carried 252 times for 1201 yards and 11 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 51 targets for 137 more yards.

That came to 15.8 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 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.

Derrick Henry was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Derrick Henry scored 16.4 PPR points a game and Javonte Williams 15.2, 1.3 a game between them.

Javonte Williams finished RB12 that year and Derrick Henry RB8.

Derrick Henry had 55 more carries than Javonte Williams, 307 to 252.

Javonte Williams had 20 more catches than Derrick Henry, 35 to 15.

This season Javonte Williams holds the bigger snap share, 74 percent against 55 percent.

This season Derrick Henry holds the bigger share of the carries, 68 percent against 67 percent.

Byes and availability

Javonte Williams is off in Week 14 and Derrick Henry in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.