Start Hunter Henry or Tyler Higbee? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Tyler Higbee over Hunter Henry in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Tyler Higbee at 7.9 points and Hunter Henry at 8.8, a gap of 0.9. 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 8.8 fantasy points for Hunter Henry, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Hunter Henry is 32 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (13, 11 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 7.9 fantasy points for Tyler Higbee, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tyler Higbee is 35 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (13, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Hunter Henry 0.9 points ahead of Tyler Higbee on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Hunter Henry and NE host NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 8.4 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 38 yards and no touchdowns a game against NYJ.

Injury status

Hunter Henry is not on the injury report.

Tyler Higbee is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Hunter Henry played 72 percent of NE snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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

Through Week 5, Tyler Higbee played 53 percent of LAR snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Higbee, Week 2 against NYG: 16 of 62 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Tyler Higbee, Week 3 against DEN: 61 of 86 snaps, 11 targets and 8 catches for 62 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tyler Higbee, Week 4 against PHI: 55 of 84 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 67 yards.

Tyler Higbee, Week 5 against BUF: 55 of 82 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 83 yards.

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, Tyler Higbee played 10 games for LAR and scored 71.1 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing TE40.

He caught 25 of 36 targets for 281 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 141 air yards.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Hunter Henry over Brenton Strange.
• Start Cade Otton over Hunter Henry.
• Start Colston Loveland over Hunter Henry.
• Start Tyler Higbee over AJ Barner.
• Start Tyler Higbee over Brenton Strange.
• Start Tyler Higbee over Cade Otton.