Start TreVeyon Henderson or Julius Chestnut? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start TreVeyon Henderson over Julius Chestnut in Week 7.

Market-based projections have TreVeyon Henderson at 4.7 points and Julius Chestnut at 0.7, a gap of 4.0. Julius Chestnut'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.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 0.7 fantasy points for Julius Chestnut, with 60 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Julius Chestnut is 1 receiving yards and under 0.1 touchdowns (3 and 11 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.7 fantasy points for TreVeyon Henderson, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for TreVeyon Henderson is 24 rushing yards, 3 receiving yards, 0-1 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (13, 8, 9 and 13 market sources).

That puts TreVeyon Henderson 4.0 points ahead of Julius Chestnut on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Julius Chestnut and TEN host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 16.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 99 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against CLE and caught passes for 18 more yards.

TreVeyon Henderson and NE visit CHI on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 17.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 79 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against CHI and caught passes for 23 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, TreVeyon Henderson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Julius Chestnut is not on the injury report.

TreVeyon Henderson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, TreVeyon Henderson played 33 percent of NE snaps, took 33 percent of the carries, drew 3 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

TreVeyon Henderson, Week 6 against NYJ: 16 of 68 snaps, 7 carries for 31 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Julius Chestnut played 17 games for TEN and scored 4.0 PPR points, 0.2 a game, finishing RB125.

He ran 11 times for 40 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards.

He was on the field for 4 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Julius Chestnut, Week 18 of 2025 against JAX: 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Julius Chestnut, Week 17 of 2025 against NO: 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Julius Chestnut, Week 16 of 2025 against KC: 2 of 73 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 0.1 PPR points.

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 7 calls

• Start Corey Kiner over Julius Chestnut.
• Start Isaiah Davis over Julius Chestnut.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Julius Chestnut.
• Start Alvin Kamara over TreVeyon Henderson.
• Start Blake Corum over TreVeyon Henderson.
• Start Braelon Allen over TreVeyon Henderson.