Start Harold Fannin or Hunter Henry? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Hunter Henry in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Harold Fannin Jr. at 9.7 points and Hunter Henry at 10.3, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Harold Fannin Jr. still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 73 against 183, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Harold Fannin Jr. this week yet, so his 9.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (9.5 and 9.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Hunter Henry this week yet, so his 10.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (11.0 and 9.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Hunter Henry yet. His market-based projections were 11.0 and 9.6 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 10.3, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Harold Fannin Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 9.5 and 9.8 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 9.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Hunter Henry 0.7 points ahead of Harold Fannin Jr. on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Hunter Henry and NE visit CHI on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 7.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 41 yards and no touchdowns a game against CHI.

Harold Fannin Jr. and CLE visit TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 10.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 29 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against TEN.

By points allowed to the position, Harold Fannin Jr. has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Hunter Henry is not on the injury report.

Harold Fannin Jr. is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Hunter Henry played 72 percent of NE snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Hunter Henry, Week 3 against JAX: 44 of 63 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Hunter Henry, Week 4 against BUF: 49 of 76 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 62 yards.

Hunter Henry, Week 5 against LV: 48 of 75 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 44 yards, 1 touchdown.

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

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.

In 2025, Harold Fannin Jr. played 16 games for CLE and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.

He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets and 379 air yards.

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

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 17 of 2025 against PIT: 12 of 52 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 30 yards, 1 touchdown, 11.0 PPR points.

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 16 of 2025 against BUF: 57 of 66 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 6 targets and 4 catches for 34 yards, 2 touchdowns, 19.5 PPR points.

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 15 of 2025 against CHI: 55 of 57 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 14 targets and 7 catches for 48 yards, 12.0 PPR points.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Hunter Henry over AJ Barner.
• Start Hunter Henry over Cade Otton.
• Start Hunter Henry over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over AJ Barner.
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Cade Otton.
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Dalton Schultz.