Should I start TreVeyon Henderson or Matthew Stafford in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on TreVeyon Henderson, and the board ranks him 158th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Matthew Stafford, and the board ranks him 164th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for TreVeyon Henderson is 1.9 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 Matthew Stafford is 0.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, TreVeyon Henderson has been on the field for 32 percent of NE snaps, taken 32 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have come 0.9 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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

In Week 6 against NYJ he carried 7 times for 31 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he carried 3 times for 9 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Matthew Stafford has been on the field for 98 percent of LAR snaps, dropped back 290 times and thrown 8.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 43 of 290 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 5 against BUF he completed 40 of 54 passes for 383 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

In Week 6 against ARI he completed 25 of 33 passes for 222 yards and threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

In Week 7 against LV he completed 23 of 29 passes for 195 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception.

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 Matthew Stafford played 17 games and scored 358.4 PPR points, 21.1 a game, finishing QB3.

He threw for 4707 yards on 597 attempts with 46 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 1 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 35.1 attempts a game at 7.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Matthew Stafford scored 21.1 PPR points a game and TreVeyon Henderson 12.1, 9.0 a game between them.

TreVeyon Henderson finished RB21 and Matthew Stafford QB3, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.