Start Hunter Henry or Brenton Strange? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Hunter Henry over Brenton Strange in Week 1.

Hunter Henry is priced by the books at 3.4 projected points. Brenton Strange has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Hunter Henry at ADP 174 and Brenton Strange at 187. Market coverage on Hunter Henry is 30 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 3.4 fantasy points for Hunter Henry, with 30 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

No sportsbook posted a player market for Brenton Strange in Week 1.

Week 1 matchups

Hunter Henry and NE visit SEA on Wednesday at 8:20 PM ET.

SEA allowed 12.8 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 15th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 28 yards and a touchdown against SEA.

Brenton Strange and JAX host CLE.

CLE allowed 12.2 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 16th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 32 yards and a touchdown against CLE.

By points allowed to the position, Hunter Henry has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Hunter Henry was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Brenton Strange was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Hunter Henry played 17 games for NE 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 and 433 air yards.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Hunter Henry, Week 18 of 2025 against MIA: 5 targets and 5 catches for 56 yards, 10.6 PPR points.

Hunter Henry, Week 17 of 2025 against NYJ: 43 of 66 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 49 yards, 1 touchdown, 13.9 PPR points.

Hunter Henry, Week 16 of 2025 against BAL: 60 of 74 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 35 yards, 1 touchdown, 15.5 PPR points.

In 2025, Brenton Strange played 12 games for JAX and scored 118.0 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing TE23.

He caught 46 of 60 targets for 540 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 293 air yards.

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

Brenton Strange, Week 18 of 2025 against TEN: 6 targets and 6 catches for 52 yards, 1 touchdown, 17.2 PPR points.

Brenton Strange, Week 17 of 2025 against IND: 56 of 69 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 54 yards, 8.4 PPR points.

Brenton Strange, Week 16 of 2025 against DEN: 52 of 70 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 39 yards, 1 touchdown, 14.9 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Hunter Henry scored 5.6 PPR points and Brenton Strange scored 10.3.

The call was wrong: Brenton Strange outscored Hunter Henry by 4.7.

Hunter Henry finished 2.2 points above the 3.4 the props implied.

Hunter Henry, Week 1 against SEA: 54 of 71 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 26 yards, 5.6 PPR points.

Hunter Henry finished as the week's TE25 in PPR scoring.

Brenton Strange, Week 1 against CLE: 39 of 57 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 23 yards, 1 touchdown, 10.3 PPR points.

Brenton Strange finished as the week's TE15 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Dalton Kincaid over Hunter Henry.
• Start Hunter Henry over Greg Dulcich.
• Start Isaiah Likely over Hunter Henry.
• Start Brenton Strange over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brenton Strange over Dalton Schultz.