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Should I start Hunter Henry or Eli Raridon in Week 8?

Updated Nov 2, 1:01 PM ET.

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Hunter Henry is the start on the latest market-based projection, 11.5 points to Eli Raridon's 6.8, the market figures from their Week 8 games. The next week's markets are not all posted yet, and this answer reorders when they are. What follows is how each has been used this season.

Should I drop Eli Raridon for Hunter Henry?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Hunter Henry projects 77 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.6 a game over 8 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games). Hunter Henry is listed out.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

TE3 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-6

Market-based projection
11.5 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
58

TE22 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-5

Market-based projection
6.8 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
148

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The gap

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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 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Eli Raridon, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Hunter Henry, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Eli Raridon, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 8

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.

Through Week 8, Eli Raridon has been on the field for 51 percent of NE snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 7.2 air yards.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 56 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against MIA he caught 1 of 4 targets for 5 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.

Eli Raridon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Hunter Henry holds the bigger snap share, 73 percent against 51 percent.

This season Hunter Henry holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Hunter Henry is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Eli Raridon for Hunter Henry?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Hunter Henry projects 77 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.6 a game over 8 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games). Hunter Henry is listed out.

  • Should I drop Hunter Henry for Eli Raridon?

    No. Keep Hunter Henry: he projects 77 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (9.6 a game over 8 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games). Hunter Henry is listed out.

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