Joe Burrow or Hunter Henry: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Joe Burrow: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Hunter Henry: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 88th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Joe Burrow at 17.5 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 12 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Hunter Henry at 9.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 90th highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

Joe Burrow's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Joe Burrow has been on the field for 100 percent of CIN snaps, dropped back 171 times and thrown 7.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 171 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

In Week 2 against HOU he completed 20 of 31 passes for 207 yards and threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

In Week 3 against PIT he completed 28 of 37 passes for 282 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 13 yards.

In Week 4 against JAX he completed 39 of 54 passes for 428 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 3 times for 6 yards.

Through Week 4, Hunter Henry has been on the field for 74 percent of NE snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 7.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against PIT he caught 3 of 5 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against JAX he caught 1 of 2 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Joe Burrow played 8 games and scored 139.5 PPR points, 17.4 a game, finishing QB29.

He threw for 1809 yards on 259 attempts with 17 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, and ran for 41 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 32.4 attempts a game at 7.0 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 86 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 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Joe Burrow scored 17.4 PPR points a game and Hunter Henry 10.5, 6.9 a game between them.

Joe Burrow finished QB29 and Hunter Henry TE9, which are two different ladders.

Joe Burrow 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

Joe Burrow is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Hunter Henry.

What would change the answer

Joe Burrow is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.