Should I start Hunter Henry or Garrett Wilson in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Hunter Henry, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Garrett Wilson, and the board ranks him 90th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Hunter Henry is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

The market-based projection for Garrett Wilson is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Hunter Henry has been on the field for 73 percent of NE snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 3 of 4 targets for 44 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Through Week 7, Garrett Wilson has been on the field for 90 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 51 targets have averaged 9.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against CLE he caught 7 of 11 targets for 104 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIA he caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 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 Garrett Wilson played 7 games and scored 99.5 PPR points, 14.2 a game, finishing WR62.

He caught 36 of 59 targets for 395 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 89 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Hunter Henry was available for 10 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Garrett Wilson scored 14.2 PPR points a game and Hunter Henry 10.5, 3.7 a game between them.

Hunter Henry finished TE9 and Garrett Wilson WR62, which are two different ladders.

Hunter Henry is a tight end and Garrett Wilson 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 Garrett Wilson in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.