Start Derrick Henry. Henry is projected for 14.2 PPR points vs 13.8 for George Pickens, and faces the 1st-toughest defense against RBs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Derrick Henry RB · BAL | George Pickens WR · DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 14.2 | 13.8 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 11.9 | 13.3 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 16.9 | 14.7 |
| StatChasers projection | 13.9 (RB18) | 14.7 (WR16) |
| Opponent | vs JAX | vs IND |
| Opponent vs. position | 1st-toughest (16.8 pts/g allowed) | 6th-toughest (27.4 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 65% carry share (last 3) | 19% target share (last 3) |
| Position | RB | WR |
| Our call | START · RB2 | START · WR2 |
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Start Derrick Henry. Henry projects for 14.2 PPR points vs JAX, against 13.8 for George Pickens vs IND: a 0.4-point edge.
The projection is the average of every source that carries each player this week, and a player listed Out or Doubtful is never the start.
Derrick Henry is projected to score more: 14.2 PPR points to 13.8 for George Pickens.
The sources range from 11.9 to 16.9 for Henry and from 13.3 to 14.7 for Pickens. The ranges overlap, so Pickens outscoring Henry is a realistic result.
George Pickens is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Pickens at 13.3 PPR points, against 11.9 for Derrick Henry.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Derrick Henry has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Henry at 16.9 PPR points, against 14.7 for George Pickens.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Derrick Henry plays JAX and George Pickens plays IND in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Henry faces the 1st-toughest defense against RBs and Pickens faces the 6th-toughest defense against WRs, so George Pickens has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Derrick Henry has drawn 65% of his team's carries, and George Pickens 19% of his team's targets.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is George Pickens.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Derrick Henry nor George Pickens has an injury designation for Week 9.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Derrick Henry is projected by 6 of them and George Pickens by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.