Start Hunter Henry or Juwan Johnson? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Hunter Henry over Juwan Johnson in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Hunter Henry at 8.6 points and Juwan Johnson at 7.6, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Juwan Johnson this week yet, so his 7.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 9 (8.2 and 6.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Hunter Henry at ADP 183 and Juwan Johnson at 173.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.6 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).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Juwan Johnson yet. His market-based projections were 8.2 and 6.9 points in Weeks 7 and 9, an average of 7.6, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Hunter Henry 1.0 points ahead of Juwan Johnson on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

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.

Juwan Johnson and NO host CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 14.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 14th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 47 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against CAR.

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

Injury status

Hunter Henry is not on the injury report.

Juwan Johnson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

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.

Through Week 9, Juwan Johnson played 65 percent of NO snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Juwan Johnson, Week 5 against MIN: 29 of 45 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 16 yards.

Juwan Johnson, Week 6 against NYG: 42 of 72 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Juwan Johnson, Week 7 against PIT: 32 of 57 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Juwan Johnson, Week 9 against CLE: 40 of 75 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 34 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, Juwan Johnson played 17 games for NO and scored 179.9 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing TE8.

He caught 77 of 102 targets for 889 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 527 air yards.

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

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Hunter Henry over AJ Barner.
• Start Hunter Henry over Brenton Strange.
• Start Hunter Henry over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Juwan Johnson over AJ Barner.
• Start Juwan Johnson over Brenton Strange.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Juwan Johnson.