Should I start Hunter Henry or Christian McCaffrey in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Hunter Henry, and the board ranks him 28th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Christian McCaffrey, and the board ranks him 29th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 7.

The market-based projections

Hunter Henry's market-based projection is 8.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 26th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Christian McCaffrey is 8.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Hunter Henry has been on the field for 64 percent of NE snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against GB he caught 3 of 3 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Christian McCaffrey has been on the field for 69 percent of SF snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 37 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 14 of its 28 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 2.8 air yards.

In Week 6 against WAS he carried 16 times for 64 yards, caught 9 of 10 targets for 53 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 7 against ATL he carried 7 times for 39 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against LV he carried 18 times for 68 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 19 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Christian McCaffrey played 17 games and scored 416.6 PPR points, 24.5 a game, finishing RB1.

He carried 311 times for 1202 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 102 of 129 targets for 924 more yards.

That came to 18.3 carries a game at 3.9 yards a carry and 6.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 83 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Christian McCaffrey scored 24.5 PPR points a game and Hunter Henry 10.5, 14.0 a game between them.

Hunter Henry finished TE9 and Christian McCaffrey RB1, which are two different ladders.

Hunter Henry is a tight end and Christian McCaffrey a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Hunter Henry is off in Week 11 and Christian McCaffrey in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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