Should I start Drake Maye or Trey McBride in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Drake Maye, and the board ranks him 5th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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.

The market-based projections

Drake Maye's market-based projection is 18.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 2nd highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Drake Maye has been on the field for 97 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 275 times and thrown 8.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 39 of 275 dropbacks and scrambled 26 times.

In Week 6 against NYJ he completed 18 of 32 passes for 235 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 25 yards.

In Week 7 against CHI he completed 24 of 30 passes for 321 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 26 yards.

In Week 8 against MIA he completed 16 of 20 passes for 199 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 7 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Drake Maye played 17 games and scored 360.0 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB2.

He threw for 4394 yards on 492 attempts with 31 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 450 yards and 4 touchdowns.

That came to 28.9 attempts a game at 8.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Drake Maye scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Trey McBride 18.6, 2.6 a game between them.

Drake Maye finished QB2 and Trey McBride TE1, which are two different ladders.

Drake Maye is a quarterback 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

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

What would change the answer

Trey McBride has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.