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If Hunter Henry is out, who gets his targets?

The New England Patriots room absorbs +1.14 receptions, and Eli Raridon takes the largest single share at +0.72. The work stays overwhelmingly inside the tight end room.

Where the work goes

Change in projected receptions for every other player in the offense. The bars are small on purpose — a vacated role is shared out, and any tool showing one replacement absorbing a whole target load is telling you something the data does not support.

Receptions gained if Hunter Henry sitsEli Raridon+0.7TE 37% snapsMack Hollins+0.1WR 72% snapsA.J. Brown+0.1WR 44% snapsRomeo Doubs+0.1WR 65% snapsDeMario Douglas+0.1WR 56% snapsKyle Williams+0.1WR 24% snapsEfton Chism III+0.1WR 22% snapschange in projected receptions

Every player in the room

PlayerCatches nowIf he sitsChange
Mack Hollins WR · 72% snaps3.603.67+0.07
A.J. Brown WR · 44% snaps3.603.67+0.07
Hunter Henry TE · 79% snaps3.20—OUT
Romeo Doubs WR · 65% snaps2.902.97+0.07
DeMario Douglas WR · 56% snaps2.402.47+0.07
Rhamondre Stevenson RB · 58% snaps2.202.20+0.00
Lan Larison RB · 4% snaps1.601.60+0.00
TreVeyon Henderson RB · 48% snaps1.301.30+0.00
Kyle Williams WR · 24% snaps0.800.87+0.07
Efton Chism III WR · 22% snaps0.700.77+0.07
Eli Raridon TE · 37% snaps0.701.42+0.72
Corey Kiner RB · 10% snaps0.600.60+0.00

What the data says happens

Measured across every regular-season game from 2018 onward, each beneficiary compared against his own trailing four-game form and net of what the same players do in weeks the room’s number one actually plays.

RoomReceptions gainednt
Receivers+0.1072,1602.29
Tight ends+0.4921,0249.57
Backs-0.0451,259-0.92

The room total is predictable. Which player takes it is not. Every candidate predictor of who gains — pecking order, snap share, route depth, trailing targets — correlates at roughly r = 0.02. In any single week one player usually takes about 60% of what was vacated; it is simply not predictably the same one.

Hunter Henry’s full stats and usageSnap share, target share, game log and this week’s projection

Cascade effects 2018–2026, paired within player, net of control · projections as-of-week with no lookahead · 2026 week 4