Start Hunter Henry or Kenyon Sadiq? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Hunter Henry over Kenyon Sadiq in Week 1.

Hunter Henry is priced by the books at 5.2 projected points. Kenyon Sadiq 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 183 and Kenyon Sadiq at 204. Market coverage on Hunter Henry is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 5.2 fantasy points for Hunter Henry, with 70 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

No sportsbook posted a player market for Kenyon Sadiq 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.

Kenyon Sadiq and NYJ visit TEN.

TEN allowed 14.6 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 12th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 23 yards and no touchdowns against TEN.

By points allowed to the position, Kenyon Sadiq has the softer matchup.

Injury status

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

Kenyon Sadiq was listed as questionable 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.

How Week 1 went

Hunter Henry scored 5.6 PPR points and Kenyon Sadiq scored 11.4.

The call was wrong: Kenyon Sadiq outscored Hunter Henry by 5.8.

Hunter Henry finished 0.4 points above the 5.2 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.

Kenyon Sadiq, Week 1 against TEN: 28 of 67 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 21 yards, 1 touchdown, 11.4 PPR points.

Kenyon Sadiq finished as the week's TE12 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Hunter Henry over Brenton Strange.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Hunter Henry.
• Start Hunter Henry over Greg Dulcich.
• Start Kenyon Sadiq over Brenton Strange.
• Start Kenyon Sadiq over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Kenyon Sadiq over Greg Dulcich.