Should I start Hunter Henry or Darnell Washington in Week 10?
Updated Nov 10, 10:31 AM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
Week 10 verdict
Start Hunter Henry over Darnell Washington

- Market projects
- 8.7
- fantasy pts
- DET D vs TE
- 27.9
- most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 64%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 14%
- Through Week 9

- Market projects
- 7.2
- fantasy pts
- CIN D vs TE
- 16.5
- 7th most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 65%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 10%
- Through Week 8
Start Hunter Henry over Darnell Washington in Week 10: 8.7 to 7.2 projected PPR points. Henry faces DET, which allows the most fantasy points to TEs.
Should I drop Darnell Washington for Hunter Henry?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Hunter Henry projects 67 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (9.6 a game over 7 games), Darnell Washington 49 (6.1 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Hunter Henry over Darnell Washington, 8.7 to 7.2 projected PPR points.
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
TE4 · NE · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 2-7
- Market-based projection
- 8.8 pts a game
TE18 · PIT · bye 9
2026 vs anytime td line 3-5
- Overall rank
- 114
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The gap
- Board size306 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Hunter Henry, and the board ranks him 25th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Darnell Washington, and the board ranks him 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
Hunter Henry's market-based projection is 8.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 22nd highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.
The market-based projection for Darnell Washington is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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.
Darnell Washington's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season so far
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 8, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 65 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 44 two minute targets.
His 28 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.
In Week 6 against TB he caught 4 of 6 targets for 25 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 7 against NO he caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 94 yards and did not score.
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 Darnell Washington played 16 games and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.
He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets.
That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Hunter Henry was available for 1 game more.
Head to head
In 2025 Hunter Henry scored 10.5 PPR points a game and Darnell Washington 4.6, 5.9 a game between them.
Hunter Henry finished TE9 that year and Darnell Washington TE39.
Hunter Henry had 44 more targets than Darnell Washington, 87 to 43.
Hunter Henry had 404 more receiving yards than Darnell Washington, 768 to 364.
This season Darnell Washington holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 64 percent.
This season Hunter Henry holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 10 percent.
Byes and availability
Hunter Henry is off in Week 11 and Darnell Washington in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.
What would change the answer
Darnell Washington has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Darnell Washington for Hunter Henry?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Hunter Henry projects 67 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (9.6 a game over 7 games), Darnell Washington 49 (6.1 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Hunter Henry over Darnell Washington, 8.7 to 7.2 projected PPR points.
Should I drop Hunter Henry for Darnell Washington?
No. Keep Hunter Henry: he projects 67 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (9.6 a game over 7 games), Darnell Washington 49 (6.1 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Hunter Henry over Darnell Washington, 8.7 to 7.2 projected PPR points.
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