Should I start Carnell Tate or Trey McBride in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Carnell Tate, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Trey McBride, and the board ranks him 101st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 31.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Carnell Tate is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Trey McBride is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

Carnell Tate's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Carnell Tate has been on the field for 82 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 12 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 51 targets have averaged 12.7 air yards.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 1 of 5 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against IND he caught 6 of 7 targets for 70 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against CLE he caught 5 of 7 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Trey McBride has been on the field for 91 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 23 of the offence's 95 third down targets, had 5 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 58 two minute targets.

His 94 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against DEN he caught 10 of 13 targets for 111 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against DAL he caught 7 of 8 targets for 72 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against SEA he caught 7 of 8 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

Carnell Tate is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Side by side

Carnell Tate is a wide receiver and Trey McBride a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Carnell Tate is off in Week 9 and Trey McBride in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

Carnell Tate is listed as out on the injury report.