Should I start Brenton Strange or Hunter Henry in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brenton Strange, and the board ranks him 37th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Hunter Henry, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Brenton Strange's market-based projection is 9.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 21st highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Hunter Henry is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Hunter Henry's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Brenton Strange has been on the field for 79 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 7.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 7 of 8 targets for 68 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 5 of 7 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against IND he caught 2 of 2 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Hunter Henry has been on the field for 73 percent of NE snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 4 of 5 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 7 of 7 targets for 71 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Brenton Strange played 12 games and scored 118.0 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing TE23.

He caught 46 of 60 targets for 540 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Hunter Henry played 17 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE9.

He caught 60 of 87 targets for 768 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 22 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 12.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Hunter Henry was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Hunter Henry scored 10.5 PPR points a game and Brenton Strange 9.8, 0.7 a game between them.

Brenton Strange finished TE23 that year and Hunter Henry TE9.

Hunter Henry had 27 more targets than Brenton Strange, 87 to 60.

Hunter Henry had 228 more receiving yards than Brenton Strange, 768 to 540.

This season Brenton Strange holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 73 percent.

This season Brenton Strange holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Brenton Strange is off in Week 7 and Hunter Henry in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Hunter Henry is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Hunter Henry has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.