Davante Adams or Trey McBride: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Davante Adams at 16.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 20th 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 Davante Adams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 18th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 54.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Trey McBride: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 65.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Davante Adams has been on the field for 59 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 16.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he caught 3 of 6 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NYG he caught 8 of 10 targets for 195 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 Davante Adams played 14 games and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 13.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 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 Davante Adams 15.9, 2.7 a game between them.

Davante Adams finished WR9 and Trey McBride TE1, which are two different ladders.

Davante Adams 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

Davante Adams is off in Week 11 and Trey McBride in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.3 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.