Jalen Hurts or TreVeyon Henderson: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen Hurts: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 149th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on TreVeyon Henderson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jalen Hurts is 12.3 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 13 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for TreVeyon Henderson is 3.1 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.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Jalen Hurts has been on the field for 99 percent of PHI snaps, dropped back 179 times and thrown 7.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 28 of 179 dropbacks and scrambled 12 times.

In Week 3 against CHI he completed 16 of 25 passes for 153 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 25 yards.

In Week 4 against LAR he completed 12 of 27 passes for 93 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 18 yards.

In Week 5 against JAX he completed 21 of 40 passes for 220 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 2 yards.

Through Week 5, TreVeyon Henderson has been on the field for 36 percent of NE snaps, taken 37 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have come 2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against JAX he carried 8 times for 23 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he carried 14 times for 42 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LV he carried 4 times for 22 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jalen Hurts played 16 games and scored 305.1 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing QB8.

He threw for 3224 yards on 454 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran for 421 yards and 8 touchdowns.

That came to 28.4 attempts a game at 7.1 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 TreVeyon Henderson played 17 games and scored 206.2 PPR points, 12.1 a game, finishing RB21.

He carried 180 times for 911 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 42 targets for 221 more yards.

That came to 10.6 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

TreVeyon Henderson was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jalen Hurts scored 19.1 PPR points a game and TreVeyon Henderson 12.1, 6.9 a game between them.

Jalen Hurts finished QB8 and TreVeyon Henderson RB21, which are two different ladders.

Jalen Hurts is a quarterback and TreVeyon Henderson a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jalen Hurts is off in Week 10 and TreVeyon Henderson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jalen Hurts is listed as out on the injury report.

TreVeyon Henderson is listed as questionable on the injury report.