Cole Kmet or Trey McBride: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cole Kmet: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 106th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Trey McBride: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 31.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Cole Kmet at 3.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 78th highest figure of the 131 players the market prices.

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.

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, Cole Kmet has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 0 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 8.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against PHI he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Cole Kmet played 16 games and scored 78.7 PPR points, 4.9 a game, finishing TE36.

He caught 30 of 48 targets for 347 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 69 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 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Trey McBride scored 18.6 PPR points a game and Cole Kmet 4.9, 13.7 a game between them.

Cole Kmet finished TE36 that year and Trey McBride TE1.

Trey McBride had 121 more targets than Cole Kmet, 169 to 48.

Trey McBride had 892 more receiving yards than Cole Kmet, 1239 to 347.

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger snap share, 89 percent against 61 percent.

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger target share, 29 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Trey McBride is off in Week 14. No bye is listed for Cole Kmet.

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.