CeeDee Lamb or Trey McBride: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price CeeDee Lamb at 18.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 12th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

The player markets price Trey McBride at 16.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 24th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on CeeDee Lamb: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 9th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 25.

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 65.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, CeeDee Lamb has been on the field for 78 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 2 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 13.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against NYG he carried 1 time for 0 yards, caught 5 of 8 targets for 44 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against WAS he caught 8 of 9 targets for 153 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 2, Trey McBride has been on the field for 83 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 37 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 2 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAC he caught 9 of 13 targets for 95 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb played 14 games and scored 200.9 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing WR22.

He caught 75 of 117 targets for 1077 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 75 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Trey McBride was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Trey McBride scored 18.6 PPR points a game and CeeDee Lamb 14.4, 4.2 a game between them.

CeeDee Lamb finished WR22 and Trey McBride TE1, which are two different ladders.

CeeDee Lamb 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

Both are off in Week 14, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

1.7 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.