TreVeyon Henderson or Justin Herbert: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on TreVeyon Henderson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 86th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justin Herbert: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 87th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 23; 2QB: ADP 12.

What the player markets price

The market has TreVeyon Henderson at 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Justin Herbert at 12.2 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 10 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

TreVeyon Henderson's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

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 1.5 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.

Through Week 5, Justin Herbert has been on the field for 100 percent of LAC snaps, dropped back 175 times and thrown 8.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 36 of 175 dropbacks and scrambled 16 times.

In Week 3 against BUF he completed 20 of 34 passes for 226 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 17 yards.

In Week 4 against SEA he completed 19 of 31 passes for 189 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 6 times for 40 yards.

In Week 5 against DEN he completed 14 of 23 passes for 121 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 6 times for 54 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Justin Herbert played 16 games and scored 299.9 PPR points, 18.7 a game, finishing QB10.

He threw for 3727 yards on 512 attempts with 26 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, and ran for 498 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 32.0 attempts a game at 7.3 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

TreVeyon Henderson was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Justin Herbert scored 18.7 PPR points a game and TreVeyon Henderson 12.1, 6.6 a game between them.

TreVeyon Henderson finished RB21 and Justin Herbert QB10, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

TreVeyon Henderson is off in Week 11 and Justin Herbert in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

TreVeyon Henderson is listed as out on the injury report.