Hunter Henry
Henry is New England's starting tight end and a steady mid-volume target in a Drake Maye passing game. He has had four straight games with double-digit PPR points, after a quiet first three weeks.
Role
He is TE1 on Rotowire's Patriots tight end snap page (read via search result, not a depth chart fetch), ahead of rookie Eli Raridon, Cameron Latu and Tanner Arkin. Snap counts for the Week 7 loss to the Bears are 76% (SI Patriots snap analysis) and 78% by Rotowire's box score breakdown. In that game he had 25 routes, 71% of routes, and a team-high 7 targets, a 23% share. Season routes run are in the 140s to 150s, at a 13.4% target share per Sumer Sports (before Week 7's seven targets). SI cited a 19% target share and routes on over 73% of dropbacks before the Bears game. Raridon is the main competitor for tight end snaps and routes. He was sidelined in Week 3, and his snap share reached a season high in Week 4, per FantasyData.
Volume has been stable lately: he had at least four targets in four of his last five games per SI, and a season-high 71 yards on all seven targets against Chicago. He has scored in back-to-back games before that (Weeks 5 and 6, per NBC and Rotowire), and SI points to red-zone and touchdown equity. Rotowire's usage breakdown tags his stock as up, and FantasyData noted that he produced on a reduced snap share, so more involvement would raise his ceiling.
The early season was weak: a 9% target share in Week 1, and one catch for five yards in Week 3 as he was not part of the passing attack. The Patriots' passing offense is spread out, with Rotowire noting Jonnu Smith as another high-priced acquisition sharing snaps and targets with him, though that note is undated and I could not confirm Smith's current status. FantasyData flagged a snap share that fell for three straight weeks to 64% as Raridon's rose, calling Henry a risky option in single tight end leagues. His 2026 yards per route run is about 1.5, below his 2025 figure of 1.65.
Where analysts split
The question is whether the recent target volume holds, or whether Raridon's growing share of snaps and routes pulls Henry back toward the early-season quiet. Week 7's 76% to 78% snap share suggests the workload rebounded, but the sources I read do not agree on how stable his role is.
Injury: Out: assessed real
Foot injury, exited Week 8 game
Henry was ruled out mid-game with a foot injury and will miss time, with Raridon stepping in as top pass-catching TE; the listed expected return date of 11/08 suggests only a short absence but the severity beyond that isn't detailed.
What would change this: Practice status and any updated diagnosis ahead of the next game
Research confidence: reported. Outlooks are grounded in web search over current reporting and refreshed through the season.
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