Should I start Michael Wilson or Derrick Henry in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Wilson, and the board ranks him 25th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Derrick Henry, and the board ranks him 26th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

Derrick Henry's market-based projection is 13.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 16th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Michael Wilson has been on the field for 90 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 22 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 9 of its 29 chances inside the five and seen 22 of its 57 two minute targets.

His 81 targets have averaged 11.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 4 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DEN he carried 2 times for 11 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DAL he carried 1 time for 17 yards, caught 8 of 15 targets for 111 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Derrick Henry has been on the field for 57 percent of BAL snaps, taken 71 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 66 third down targets, had 16 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 47 two minute targets.

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

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

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Michael Wilson played 17 games and scored 220.6 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing WR10.

He caught 78 of 126 targets for 1006 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 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.

Side by side

In 2025 Derrick Henry scored 16.4 PPR points a game and Michael Wilson 13.0, 3.5 a game between them.

Michael Wilson finished WR10 and Derrick Henry RB8, which are two different ladders.

Michael Wilson is a wide receiver and Derrick Henry a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

Michael Wilson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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