Should I start Trey McBride or Colston Loveland in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Trey McBride, and the board ranks him 6th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 31.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Colston Loveland, and the board ranks him 31st overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 20; 2QB: ADP 42.

The market-based projections

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

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

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Trey McBride has been on the field for 91 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 23 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 4 of its 29 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 57 two minute targets.

His 86 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

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

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.

Through Week 7, Colston Loveland has been on the field for 86 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 2 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 6.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against GB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ATL he caught 6 of 7 targets for 65 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against NE he caught 7 of 12 targets for 69 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 Colston Loveland played 16 games and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.

He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 63 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 Colston Loveland 10.3, 8.3 a game between them.

Trey McBride finished TE1 that year and Colston Loveland TE12.

Trey McBride had 87 more targets than Colston Loveland, 169 to 82.

Trey McBride had 526 more receiving yards than Colston Loveland, 1239 to 713.

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 86 percent.

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

Trey McBride is off in Week 14 and Colston Loveland in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.