Start TreVeyon Henderson or Pierre Strong Jr.? Week 7

Updated Oct 21, 5:01 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

Start TreVeyon Henderson over Pierre Strong Jr.

Start

TreVeyon Henderson

RB · NE · at CHI

Market projects: 4.7; fantasy pts
CHI D vs RB: 17.0; 4th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside: Limited; 14 of 100 at RB
Snap share: 33%; Through Week 6
Target share: 3%; Through Week 6

Sit

Pierre Strong Jr.

RB · GB · at DET

Market projects: 4.0; fantasy pts
DET D vs RB: 18.7; 8th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside: High; 85 of 100 at RB

Should I drop TreVeyon Henderson for Pierre Strong Jr.?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Pierre Strong Jr. projects 52 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (5.2 a game over 10 games), TreVeyon Henderson 47 (4.7 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts TreVeyon Henderson over Pierre Strong Jr., 4.7 to 4.0 projected PPR points. So make the move after his Week 7 game.

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Our Week 7 call

Start TreVeyon Henderson over Pierre Strong Jr. in Week 7.

Market-based projections have TreVeyon Henderson at 4.7 points and Pierre Strong Jr. at 4.0, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Pierre Strong Jr.'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 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, 7 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.0 fantasy points for Pierre Strong Jr., with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Pierre Strong Jr. is 11 rushing yards and 0.3 touchdowns (5 and 13 market sources).

That puts TreVeyon Henderson 0.7 points ahead of Pierre Strong Jr. on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

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.

Pierre Strong Jr. and GB visit DET on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DET allowed 18.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 84 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against DET and caught passes for 16 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Pierre Strong Jr. has the softer matchup.

Injury status

TreVeyon Henderson is not on the injury report.

Pierre Strong Jr. 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, 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

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop TreVeyon Henderson for Pierre Strong Jr.?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Pierre Strong Jr. projects 52 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (5.2 a game over 10 games), TreVeyon Henderson 47 (4.7 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts TreVeyon Henderson over Pierre Strong Jr., 4.7 to 4.0 projected PPR points. So make the move after his Week 7 game.
Should I drop Pierre Strong Jr. for TreVeyon Henderson?
No. Keep Pierre Strong Jr.: he projects 52 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (5.2 a game over 10 games), TreVeyon Henderson 47 (4.7 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts TreVeyon Henderson over Pierre Strong Jr., 4.7 to 4.0 projected PPR points.