Start Hunter Henry or Darnell Washington? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Hunter Henry over Darnell Washington in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Hunter Henry at 8.7 points and Darnell Washington at 7.2, a gap of 1.5.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 7.2 fantasy points for Darnell Washington, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Darnell Washington is 28 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (10, 10 and 11 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.7 fantasy points for Hunter Henry, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Hunter Henry is 0.3 touchdowns (12 market sources).

That puts Hunter Henry 1.5 points ahead of Darnell Washington on the market projections.

Week 10 matchups

Darnell Washington and PIT visit CIN on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

CIN allowed 16.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 7th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 89 yards and no touchdowns a game against CIN.

Hunter Henry and NE visit DET on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

DET allowed 27.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 98 yards and 1.6 touchdowns a game against DET.

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

Injury status

Darnell Washington is not on the injury report.

Hunter Henry is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 8, Darnell Washington played 65 percent of PIT snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Darnell Washington, Week 5 against IND: 38 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Darnell Washington, Week 6 against TB: 56 of 79 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 25 yards, 1 touchdown.

Darnell Washington, Week 7 against NO: 36 of 64 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards, 1 touchdown.

Darnell Washington, Week 8 against CLE: 37 of 59 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 94 yards.

Through Week 9, Hunter Henry played 64 percent of NE snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Hunter Henry, Week 6 against NYJ: 52 of 68 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 48 yards, 1 touchdown.

Hunter Henry, Week 7 against CHI: 41 of 54 snaps, 7 targets and 7 catches for 71 yards.

Hunter Henry, Week 8 against MIA: 8 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 30 yards.

Hunter Henry, Week 9 against GB: 31 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 35 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Darnell Washington played 16 games for PIT and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets and 135 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Darnell Washington.
• Start Darnell Washington over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Dalton Schultz over Darnell Washington.
• Start Hunter Henry over AJ Barner.
• Start Hunter Henry over Brenton Strange.
• Start Hunter Henry over Chig Okonkwo.