Should I start Hunter Henry or Ted Hurst III in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Hunter Henry, and the board ranks him 115th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ted Hurst III, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Hunter Henry is 2.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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 Ted Hurst III is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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, Ted Hurst III has been on the field for 56 percent of TB snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 4 third down targets, had 1 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against CAR he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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.

Ted Hurst III is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

Hunter Henry is a tight end and Ted Hurst III 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 Ted Hurst III in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.