Should I start Hunter Henry or Juwan Johnson in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Hunter Henry, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Juwan Johnson, and the board ranks him 122nd 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 6 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 Juwan Johnson is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end'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 so far

Through Week 8, Hunter Henry has been on the field for 73 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.

Through Week 7, Juwan Johnson has been on the field for 66 percent of NO snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 2 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 4.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against MIN he caught 4 of 5 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYG he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against PIT he caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 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 Juwan Johnson played 17 games and scored 179.9 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing TE8.

He caught 77 of 102 targets for 889 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 12 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Juwan Johnson scored 10.6 PPR points a game and Hunter Henry 10.5, 0.1 a game between them.

Hunter Henry finished TE9 that year and Juwan Johnson TE8.

Juwan Johnson had 15 more targets than Hunter Henry, 102 to 87.

Juwan Johnson had 121 more receiving yards than Hunter Henry, 889 to 768.

This season Hunter Henry holds the bigger snap share, 73 percent against 66 percent.

This season Hunter Henry holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Hunter Henry is listed as out on the injury report.