Should I start George Kittle or Hunter Henry in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Kittle, and the board ranks him 191st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Hunter Henry, and the board ranks him 193rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for George Kittle is 4.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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 Hunter Henry is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, George Kittle has been on the field for 78 percent of SF snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 1 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 7.7 air yards.

In Week 5 against SEA he caught 5 of 6 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against WAS he caught 5 of 8 targets for 69 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against ATL he caught 8 of 10 targets for 88 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Hunter Henry has been on the field for 66 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 George Kittle played 11 games and scored 161.5 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE13.

He caught 57 of 69 targets for 628 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6.3 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 80 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Hunter Henry was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 George Kittle scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Hunter Henry 10.5, 4.2 a game between them.

George Kittle finished TE13 that year and Hunter Henry TE9.

Hunter Henry had 18 more targets than George Kittle, 87 to 69.

Hunter Henry had 140 more receiving yards than George Kittle, 768 to 628.

This season George Kittle holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 66 percent.

This season George Kittle holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

George Kittle is off in Week 8 and Hunter Henry in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Hunter Henry is listed as out on the injury report.