Should I start Hunter Henry or T.J. Hockenson in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Hunter Henry, and the board ranks him 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on T.J. Hockenson, and the board ranks him 108th 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 has T.J. Hockenson at 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.

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

This season through Week 8

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 8, T.J. Hockenson has been on the field for 63 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 7.4 air yards.

In Week 5 against NO he caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against IND he caught 4 of 5 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against DET he caught 4 of 5 targets for 58 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 T.J. Hockenson played 15 games and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 8.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Hunter Henry was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Hunter Henry scored 10.5 PPR points a game and T.J. Hockenson 7.5, 3.0 a game between them.

Hunter Henry finished TE9 that year and T.J. Hockenson TE26.

Hunter Henry had 21 more targets than T.J. Hockenson, 87 to 66.

Hunter Henry had 330 more receiving yards than T.J. Hockenson, 768 to 438.

This season Hunter Henry holds the bigger snap share, 73 percent against 63 percent.

This season T.J. Hockenson holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Hunter Henry is off in Week 11 and T.J. Hockenson in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Hunter Henry is listed as out on the injury report.