Should I start Derrick Henry or Jonathan Taylor 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 Jonathan Taylor, and the board ranks him 54th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 4.

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 Jonathan Taylor is 5.0 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.

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, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 77 percent of IND snaps, taken 66 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 48 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 73 third down targets, had 15 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have come 1.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against MIN he carried 18 times for 95 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against JAX he carried 8 times for 23 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against DAL he carried 13 times for 46 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 18 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 Jonathan Taylor played 17 games and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He carried 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 more yards.

That came to 19.0 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor scored 21.3 PPR points a game and Derrick Henry 16.4, 4.9 a game between them.

Derrick Henry finished RB8 that year and Jonathan Taylor RB4.

Jonathan Taylor had 16 more carries than Derrick Henry, 323 to 307.

Jonathan Taylor had 31 more catches than Derrick Henry, 46 to 15.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 55 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 13, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.