Two players, one answer.
Derrick Henry vs Kevin Coleman Jr.
Any league · this week start/sit · Half PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Derrick Henry by 89% (Redraft half PPR)Dynasty
Derrick Henry by 6% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 9 · Half PPR · 85% held up in 2025
Start Derrick Henry
On Sleeper's projections, Derrick Henry is projected 8.9 points ahead of Kevin Coleman Jr.. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 85% of the time.
RB · BAL
Derrick Henry
11.2 projected
vs JAX · Thu 8:15 PM ET
16.3 a game this season · last 3: 4.5, 5.4, 13
WR · MIA
Kevin Coleman Jr.
2.3 projected
vs DET · Sun 1:00 PM ET
4 a game this season · last 3: 10.5, 0, 12.1
- Derrick Henry has scored 7.6 a game over his last three, below his 16.3 season average.
What the call rests on
- Derrick Henry: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Nov 3, 7:40 PM ET
- Kevin Coleman Jr.: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Nov 3, 7:40 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Nov 3, 7:41 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Tue, Nov 3, 7:41 PM ET, with the projections (hourly). A fresh projection time doesn't mean every status is: game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, can come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Henry | Jr. |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 12 | 2.7 |
| Half PPR | 11.2 | 2.3 |
| Standard | 10.5 | 1.8 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Derrick Henry plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Kevin Coleman Jr.'s late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Half PPR settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.