Should I start Fernando Mendoza or Hunter Henry in Week 10?

The market-based projections

Fernando Mendoza's market-based projection is 10.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 4 market sources. That is the 27th highest figure of the 209 players with a market-based projection.

Hunter Henry's market-based projection is 8.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 32nd highest figure of the 209 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Fernando Mendoza, and the board ranks him 35th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Hunter Henry, and the board ranks him 34th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Fernando Mendoza has been on the field for 17 percent of LV snaps, dropped back 9 times and thrown 5.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 1 of 9 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.

In Week 5 against NE he completed 6 of 8 passes for 48 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 3 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

Fernando Mendoza is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Side by side

Fernando Mendoza is a quarterback and Hunter Henry a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Fernando Mendoza is off in Week 13 and Hunter Henry in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.8 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.