Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt or TreVeyon Henderson? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start TreVeyon Henderson over Jacory Croskey-Merritt in Week 6.

Market-based projections have TreVeyon Henderson at 9.1 points and Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 7.7, a gap of 1.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for TreVeyon Henderson this week yet, so his 9.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (9.3, 7.9 and 10.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for TreVeyon Henderson yet. His market-based projections were 9.3, 7.9 and 10.0 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 9.1, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

Player markets imply 7.7 fantasy points for Jacory Croskey-Merritt, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jacory Croskey-Merritt is 40 rushing yards, with a 35% chance to score a touchdown (12 and 12 market sources).

That puts TreVeyon Henderson 1.4 points ahead of Jacory Croskey-Merritt on these projections.

Injury status

TreVeyon Henderson is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, TreVeyon Henderson played 36 percent of NE snaps, took 37 percent of the carries, drew 3 percent of the targets and had 9 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.

TreVeyon Henderson, Week 5 against LV: 12 of 75 snaps, 4 carries for 22 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Through Week 5, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 45 percent of WAS snaps, took 46 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 5 against NYG: 22 of 62 snaps, 11 carries for 82 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over TreVeyon Henderson.
• Start Blake Corum over TreVeyon Henderson.
• Start Braelon Allen over TreVeyon Henderson.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.