Should I start Trey McBride or Brenton Strange in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Trey McBride, and the board ranks him 82nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 31.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brenton Strange, and the board ranks him 201st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Trey McBride is 3.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

No season market is posted for Brenton Strange, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Trey McBride has been on the field for 89 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 18 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 4 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 40 two minute targets.

His 65 targets have averaged 5.5 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 7 of 9 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Brenton Strange has been on the field for 79 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 7.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 7 of 8 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 7 of 8 targets for 68 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 5 of 7 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

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 Brenton Strange played 12 games and scored 118.0 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing TE23.

He caught 46 of 60 targets for 540 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Trey McBride was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Trey McBride scored 18.6 PPR points a game and Brenton Strange 9.8, 8.7 a game between them.

Trey McBride finished TE1 that year and Brenton Strange TE23.

Trey McBride had 109 more targets than Brenton Strange, 169 to 60.

Trey McBride had 699 more receiving yards than Brenton Strange, 1239 to 540.

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger snap share, 89 percent against 79 percent.

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger target share, 29 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

Trey McBride is off in Week 14 and Brenton Strange in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.