A.J. Brown and Romeo Doubs arrival threatens Henry's target volume; fade his ceiling.

Henry's 2025 season (career-high 768 yards and seven touchdowns on 60 catches, 72.5 percent snap share leading all Patriots pass catchers, first full 17-game season since 2022) argues against him being on a bust list, but the source's board has him at TE23 against a TE17 ADP, a fade. The case for caution is about ceiling, not floor. Offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels' distribution-heavy scheme caps how much any single pass catcher can produce, and the arrival of A.J. Brown gives Drake Maye a true alpha receiver the offense has never had, a target competitor Henry has not faced in New England. Brown's presence could pull coverage away from the middle of the field and help Henry's efficiency, or it could simply take targets that used to be his; either way, the range of outcomes is now wider. Free-agent signee Romeo Doubs should also be the clear No. 2 option in the passing game for Maye, pushing Henry from a featured role in 2025 to a lesser one in 2026.