Start Javonte Williams or Derrick Henry? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Javonte Williams over Derrick Henry in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Javonte Williams at 17.4 points and Derrick Henry at 15.6, a gap of 1.7.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 15.6 fantasy points for Derrick Henry, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Derrick Henry at 85.5 rushing yards, with a 58% chance to score a touchdown (14 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 17.4 fantasy points for Javonte Williams, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Javonte Williams at 68.5 rushing yards, 14.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 66% chance to score a touchdown (16, 15, 15 and 16 market sources).

That puts Javonte Williams 1.7 points ahead of Derrick Henry on the market projections.

Injury status

Derrick Henry is not on the injury report.

Javonte Williams is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Derrick Henry played 59 percent of BAL snaps, took 73 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 55 percent of the red zone chances.

Derrick Henry, Week 1 against IND: 37 of 68 snaps, 24 carries for 144 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 19 yards, 3 touchdowns.

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.

Through Week 4, Javonte Williams played 75 percent of DAL snaps, took 66 percent of the carries, drew 12 percent of the targets and had 46 percent of the red zone chances.

Javonte Williams, Week 1 against NYG: 41 of 58 snaps, 12 carries for 41 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 31 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Javonte Williams, Week 2 against WAS: 44 of 55 snaps, 12 carries for 30 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 20 yards.

Javonte Williams, Week 3 against BAL: 56 of 74 snaps, 19 carries for 98 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards, 1 touchdown.

Javonte Williams, Week 4 against HOU: 58 of 78 snaps, 19 carries for 62 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 21 yards, 3 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Javonte Williams played 16 games for DAL and scored 242.8 PPR points, 15.2 a game, finishing RB12.

He ran 252 times for 1201 yards and 11 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 51 targets for 137 yards.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

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• Start Derrick Henry over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Derrick Henry over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Javonte Williams over Aaron Jones Sr..
• Start Javonte Williams over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Javonte Williams over Bhayshul Tuten.