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Should I start Hunter Henry or Jahan Dotson in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 8:02 AM ET.

Start Hunter Henry: his market-based projection is 1.9 points a game ahead of Jahan Dotson's this season.

Should I drop Jahan Dotson for Hunter Henry?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Hunter Henry projects 96 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.6 a game over 10 games), Jahan Dotson 53 (5.3 a game over 10 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

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The gap

  • Price difference1.9 points a game
  • Board size303 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from the market projection.

The market-based projections

Hunter Henry's market-based projection is 8.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 76th highest figure of the 199 players with a market-based projection.

Jahan Dotson's market-based projection is 6.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 89th highest figure of the 199 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Hunter Henry, and the board ranks him 82nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jahan Dotson, and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Hunter Henry has been on the field for 73 percent of NE snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 5 of 5 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 6, Jahan Dotson has been on the field for 70 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 16.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 2 of 3 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against BAL he caught 2 of 4 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CHI he caught 3 of 5 targets for 87 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Jahan Dotson played 17 games and scored 50.2 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR109.

He caught 18 of 36 targets for 262 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Hunter Henry scored 10.5 PPR points a game and Jahan Dotson 3.0, 7.6 a game between them.

Hunter Henry finished TE9 and Jahan Dotson WR109, which are two different ladders.

Hunter Henry is a tight end and Jahan Dotson a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

1.9 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.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Jahan Dotson for Hunter Henry?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Hunter Henry projects 96 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.6 a game over 10 games), Jahan Dotson 53 (5.3 a game over 10 games).

  • Should I drop Hunter Henry for Jahan Dotson?

    No. Keep Hunter Henry: he projects 96 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (9.6 a game over 10 games), Jahan Dotson 53 (5.3 a game over 10 games).

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