Start Derrick Henry or Ashton Jeanty? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Derrick Henry over Ashton Jeanty in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Derrick Henry at 23.4 points and Ashton Jeanty at 16.0, a gap of 7.4. Derrick Henry's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Market coverage on Derrick Henry is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.0 fantasy points for Ashton Jeanty, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Ashton Jeanty is 55 rushing yards, 25 receiving yards and 3-4 receptions, with a 54% chance to score a touchdown (12, 10, 8 and 10 market sources).

Player markets imply 23.4 fantasy points for Derrick Henry, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Derrick Henry is 90 rushing yards, with a 65% chance to score a touchdown (12 and 10 market sources).

That puts Derrick Henry 7.4 points ahead of Ashton Jeanty on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Ashton Jeanty and LV host BUF on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

BUF allowed 28.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Running backs ran for 86 yards and a touchdown a game against BUF and caught passes for 48 more yards.

Injury status

Ashton Jeanty is not on the injury report.

Derrick Henry is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Ashton Jeanty played 72 percent of LV snaps, took 68 percent of the carries, drew 17 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 2 against LAC: 51 of 63 snaps, 21 carries for 48 yards, 7 targets and 4 catches for 15 yards.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 3 against NO: 59 of 70 snaps, 19 carries for 56 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 37 yards.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 4 against KC: 56 of 84 snaps, 15 carries for 58 yards, 8 targets and 6 catches for 68 yards.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 5 against NE: 32 of 60 snaps, 10 carries for 27 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 50 yards.

Through Week 5, Derrick Henry played 58 percent of BAL snaps, took 72 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 55 percent of the red zone chances.

Derrick Henry, Week 2 against NO: 31 of 58 snaps, 16 carries for 68 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 19 yards, 1 touchdown.

Derrick Henry, Week 3 against DAL: 43 of 64 snaps, 26 carries for 89 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 0 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Derrick Henry, Week 4 against TEN: 40 of 64 snaps, 23 carries for 73 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

Derrick Henry, Week 5 against ATL: 42 of 76 snaps, 24 carries for 102 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 18 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Ashton Jeanty played 17 games for LV and scored 245.1 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing RB11.

He ran 266 times for 975 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 55 of 73 targets for 346 yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Derrick Henry played 17 games for BAL and scored 279.5 PPR points, 16.4 a game, finishing RB8.

He ran 307 times for 1595 yards and 16 touchdowns, and caught 15 of 21 targets for 150 yards.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Blake Corum.
• Start Derrick Henry over Bijan Robinson.
• Start Derrick Henry over Cam Skattebo.
• Start Derrick Henry over Christian McCaffrey.