Start Josh Jacobs or Derrick Henry? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Derrick Henry over Josh Jacobs in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Derrick Henry at 16.0 points and Josh Jacobs at 15.0, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Derrick Henry this week yet, so his 16.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (15.4, 16.2 and 16.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Derrick Henry at ADP 15 and Josh Jacobs at 78.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Derrick Henry yet. His market-based projections were 15.4, 16.2 and 16.3 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 16.0, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Derrick Henry is 1.1 touchdowns (7 market sources).

Player markets imply 15.0 fantasy points for Josh Jacobs, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Josh Jacobs is 59 rushing yards, 16 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.8 touchdowns (13, 13, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Derrick Henry 1.0 points ahead of Josh Jacobs on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Derrick Henry and BAL visit BUF on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BUF allowed 27.3 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Running backs ran for 83 yards and a touchdown a game against BUF and caught passes for 47 more yards.

Josh Jacobs and GB host CAR on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CAR allowed 28.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Running backs ran for 127 yards and 1-2 touchdowns a game against CAR and caught passes for 29 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Josh Jacobs has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Derrick Henry is not on the injury report.

Josh Jacobs is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Derrick Henry played 57 percent of BAL snaps, took 71 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 51 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Derrick Henry, Week 6 against CLE: 33 of 57 snaps, 17 carries for 58 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards.

Derrick Henry, Week 7 against CIN: 34 of 67 snaps, 17 carries for 45 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Through Week 7, Josh Jacobs played 52 percent of GB snaps, took 58 percent of the carries, drew 17 percent of the targets and had 50 percent of the red zone chances.

Josh Jacobs, Week 7 against DET: 35 of 67 snaps, 11 carries for 36 yards, 7 targets and 5 catches for 55 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Josh Jacobs played 15 games for GB and scored 237.1 PPR points, 15.8 a game, finishing RB13.

He ran 234 times for 929 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 44 targets for 282 yards.

He was on the field for 59 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Josh Jacobs, Week 17 of 2025 against BAL: 13 of 47 snaps, 4 carries for 3 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 0 yards, 1.3 PPR points.

Josh Jacobs, Week 16 of 2025 against CHI: 28 of 72 snaps, 12 carries for 36 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards, 4.8 PPR points.

Their other Week 8 calls

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• Start Ashton Jeanty over Josh Jacobs.
• Start Josh Jacobs over Bhayshul Tuten.