The New England Patriots will host the New York Jets in Week 11. Here’s the latest fantasy football news and advice to help you with your lineups this week and moving forward, specifically regarding RB TreVeyon Henderson.
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Is Henderson Playing in Week 11?
Henderson is not on the injury report and barring a surprise, he is expected to play.
We’ll continue to monitor the Patriots’ injury report leading up to kickoff for any changes. You can also visit and bookmark our Fantasy News Tracker for the latest updates.
Should You Start or Sit Henderson in Week 11?
I made note of a TreVeyon Henderson carry early in the win over the Bucs where he was barely tripped up on a pitch play that had the potential to be a long gain or maybe an 81-yard touchdown, fearing that we missed our chance to get the rookie breakout game.
He may have missed out on that opportunity, but he more than made good on the chances presented to him the rest of the way, finishing with 147 yards and two scores against one of the better run defenses in the league.
I was high on Henderson entering the week, as most were, but it was under the assumption that we’d see his fluidity in the passing game on full display with Tampa Bay largely stuffing between-the-tackle runs.
I still want to see that, but seeing him hit holes at full speed was even better. The game could have been even better if not for a chaotic sequence at the goal line to end the first half, where he was tackled on the doorstep three times before Drake Maye threw a fourth-down fade to Stefon Diggs, but we can’t pick nits.
Do we have a league winner on our hands?
That’s the hope. He’s battling through a little knee injury on this short week, but it’s more the Rhamondre Stevenson health that I’m monitoring. This coaching staff has made it well known how valuable the veteran is to them and that means he’ll be involved to some degree when healthy, even if it skews all logic.
Henderson now has more 35-yard touchdown runs during his career than Stevenson and I expect that explosion to win out in the touch department for a team that is now chasing the AFC’s top seed. Mike Vrabel’s loyalty to Stevenson sends a good message, but if this team thinks its championship window is open as soon as this year (and why wouldn’t they), my hunch is that we have a change at the top of the depth chart moving forward.
To be clear, that doesn’t mean this is an 80/20 split when all parties are healthy, but something in the 65/35 range, like it was in their last three games together, makes sense to me, but with the rookie leading the charge.
He’s to be viewed as a fringe RB1 when Stevenson is inactive, and I’ll be ranking him as an average RB2 until proven otherwise when his backfield mate returns.
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Henderson’s Fantasy Points Projection in Week 11
Henderson is projected to score 14.5 fantasy points in PPR formats.
We project Henderson to rush for 66 yards and 0.6 rushing touchdowns, while adding 2 receptions for 19 receiving yards and 0.1 receiving touchdowns.
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Week 11 Weather Impact: Jets at Patriots
The forecast for kickoff is 40 degrees Fahrenheit with 11 mph winds. These are ideal conditions for fantasy production.
