Trey McBride or Dalton Schultz: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Trey McBride at 14.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 18 books. That is the 42nd highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Dalton Schultz at 10.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 18 books. That is the 79th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room has them

Trey McBride goes at ADP 4, an average pick of 29.8, and the board has him TE1 in tier 1.

His earliest recorded pick is 13 and his latest 41, a standard deviation of 6.4 picks.

He appears in 940 recorded drafts across the formats the consensus sample covers.

Over 14 days his average pick has not moved a full pick either way.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 65.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dalton Schultz: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Trey McBride has been on the field for 80 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 35 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 1 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 6.8 air yards.

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

Through Week 1, Dalton Schultz has been on the field for 66 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 3.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against BUF he caught 4 of 8 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

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 Dalton Schultz played 17 games and scored 177.7 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE10.

He caught 82 of 106 targets for 777 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 9.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 72 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Trey McBride scored 18.6 PPR points a game and Dalton Schultz 10.5, 8.1 a game between them.

Trey McBride finished TE1 that year and Dalton Schultz TE10.

Trey McBride had 63 more targets than Dalton Schultz, 169 to 106.

Trey McBride had 462 more receiving yards than Dalton Schultz, 1239 to 777.

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 66 percent.

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger target share, 35 percent against 22 percent.

Byes and availability

Trey McBride is off in Week 14 and Dalton Schultz in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

4.0 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.