Start Hunter Henry or Mark Andrews? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Hunter Henry over Mark Andrews in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Hunter Henry at 9.7 points and Mark Andrews at 8.5, a gap of 1.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.7 fantasy points for Hunter Henry, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Hunter Henry at 37.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 33% chance to score a touchdown (16, 13 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.5 fantasy points for Mark Andrews, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Mark Andrews at 30.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 27% chance to score a touchdown (16, 13 and 16 market sources).

That puts Hunter Henry 1.2 points ahead of Mark Andrews on the market projections.

Injury status

Hunter Henry is not on the injury report.

Mark Andrews is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Hunter Henry played 74 percent of NE snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

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

Hunter Henry, Week 2 against PIT: 50 of 55 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 40 yards.

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.

Through Week 4, Mark Andrews played 63 percent of BAL snaps, drew 24 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Mark Andrews, Week 1 against IND: 49 of 68 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 49 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 2 against NO: 41 of 58 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 49 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 3 against DAL: 33 of 64 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 24 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 4 against TEN: 37 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 27 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, Mark Andrews played 17 games for BAL and scored 131.0 PPR points, 7.7 a game, finishing TE16.

He caught 48 of 70 targets for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 321 air yards.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Hunter Henry over Brenton Strange.
• Start Hunter Henry over Colston Loveland.
• Start Dallas Goedert over Hunter Henry.
• Start Mark Andrews over AJ Barner.
• Start Mark Andrews over Brenton Strange.
• Start Mark Andrews over Cade Otton.