Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt or TreVeyon Henderson? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt over TreVeyon Henderson in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 10.0 points and TreVeyon Henderson at 9.7, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.0 fantasy points for Jacory Croskey-Merritt, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 52.5 rushing yards, 5.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 37% chance to score a touchdown (15, 8, 10 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.7 fantasy points for TreVeyon Henderson, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has TreVeyon Henderson at 46.5 rushing yards, 7.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 38% chance to score a touchdown (16, 8, 8 and 16 market sources).

That puts Jacory Croskey-Merritt 0.3 points ahead of TreVeyon Henderson on the market projections.

Injury status

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is not on the injury report.

TreVeyon Henderson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 47 percent of WAS snaps, took 48 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 1 against PHI: 34 of 70 snaps, 16 carries for 63 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -7 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 2 against DAL: 26 of 71 snaps, 12 carries for 43 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 3 against SEA: 39 of 69 snaps, 19 carries for 36 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 4 against IND: 29 of 64 snaps, 9 carries for 15 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards.

Through Week 4, TreVeyon Henderson played 43 percent of NE snaps, took 45 percent of the carries, drew 3 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

TreVeyon Henderson, Week 2 against PIT: 33 of 55 snaps, 16 carries for 76 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

TreVeyon Henderson, Week 3 against JAX: 23 of 63 snaps, 8 carries for 23 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards.

TreVeyon Henderson, Week 4 against BUF: 28 of 76 snaps, 14 carries for 42 yards, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games for WAS and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He ran 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 yards.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, TreVeyon Henderson played 17 games for NE and scored 206.2 PPR points, 12.1 a game, finishing RB21.

He ran 180 times for 911 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 42 targets for 221 yards.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Alvin Kamara over TreVeyon Henderson.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over TreVeyon Henderson.
• Start TreVeyon Henderson over Blake Corum.