Trey McBride or Brock Bowers: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Trey McBride at 19.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 9th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

The player markets price Brock Bowers at 17.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 24th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Trey McBride: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 7th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 31.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brock Bowers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 19th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 17; 2QB: ADP 32.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Trey McBride has been on the field for 89 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 31 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 4 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 5.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against SEA he caught 8 of 10 targets for 41 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Through Week 4, Brock Bowers has been on the field for 81 percent of LV snaps, drawn 31 percent of the targets and had 24 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 1 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against NO he caught 10 of 13 targets for 116 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against KC he caught 6 of 11 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Brock Bowers played 12 games and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.

He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 10.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 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 Brock Bowers 14.7, 3.9 a game between them.

Trey McBride finished TE1 that year and Brock Bowers TE11.

Trey McBride had 83 more targets than Brock Bowers, 169 to 86.

Trey McBride had 559 more receiving yards than Brock Bowers, 1239 to 680.

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger snap share, 89 percent against 81 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 31 percent each.

Byes and availability

Trey McBride is off in Week 14 and Brock Bowers in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

2.6 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.