Should I start Eli Raridon or Trey McBride in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Eli Raridon, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Trey McBride, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 31.

The market-based projections

Eli Raridon's market-based projection is 3.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 62nd highest figure of the 181 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Trey McBride is 3.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Trey McBride's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Eli Raridon has been on the field for 51 percent of NE snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 2 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 7.8 air yards.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 1 of 2 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 5 of 5 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Trey McBride has been on the field for 91 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 18 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 4 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 40 two minute targets.

His 65 targets have averaged 5.5 air yards.

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.

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

Their 2025 seasons

Eli Raridon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Head to head

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 51 percent.

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger target share, 29 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Trey McBride is off in Week 14. No bye is listed for Eli Raridon.

What would change the answer

Trey McBride has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.