Trey McBride or Bo Nix: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Trey McBride: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 111th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 31.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bo Nix: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 115th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Trey McBride at 3.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Bo Nix at 15.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 25th highest figure of the 132 players the market prices.

Trey McBride's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Trey McBride has been on the field for 89 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 4 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 56 targets have averaged 5.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against SF he caught 9 of 11 targets for 75 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYG he caught 7 of 12 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DET he caught 9 of 10 targets for 66 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Bo Nix has been on the field for 100 percent of DEN snaps, dropped back 172 times and thrown 5.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 18 of 172 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 3 against LAR he completed 17 of 34 passes for 186 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 7 yards.

In Week 4 against SF he completed 25 of 42 passes for 214 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 10 yards.

In Week 5 against LAC he completed 16 of 27 passes for 123 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 10 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Trey McBride played 17 games and scored 315.9 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing TE1.

He caught 126 of 169 targets for 1239 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 32 red zone targets.

That came to 9.9 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Bo Nix played 17 games and scored 315.8 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing QB7.

He threw for 3931 yards on 612 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 356 yards and 5 touchdowns.

That came to 36.0 attempts a game at 6.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 100 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 they scored the same 18.6 PPR points a game.

Trey McBride finished TE1 and Bo Nix QB7, which are two different ladders.

Trey McBride is a tight end and Bo Nix a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Trey McBride is off in Week 14 and Bo Nix in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Trey McBride is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.