Hunter Henry or Deebo Samuel Sr.: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Hunter Henry: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 80th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Deebo Samuel Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 133rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 125.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Hunter Henry at 9.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 98th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The books have Deebo Samuel Sr. at 6.9 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 books. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Deebo Samuel Sr.'s price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Hunter Henry has been on the field for 83 percent of NE snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 8.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against PIT he caught 3 of 5 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Deebo Samuel Sr. has been on the field for 50 percent of SF snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 3.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAR he carried 1 time for 12 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against MIA he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 31 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.

The season feed carries no line for Deebo Samuel Sr. in the last completed season.

Side by side

Hunter Henry is a tight end and Deebo Samuel Sr. a wide receiver, 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 Deebo Samuel Sr. in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Deebo Samuel Sr. is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.