Evan Engram or Trey McBride: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Evan Engram: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Trey McBride: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 73rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 31.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Evan Engram at 5.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 49th highest figure of the 123 players the market prices.

The market has Trey McBride at 3.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Evan Engram has been on the field for 58 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 5.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAR he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 5 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAC he caught 4 of 4 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Trey McBride has been on the field for 89 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 4 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 56 targets have averaged 5.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against SF he caught 9 of 11 targets for 75 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Evan Engram played 16 games and scored 102.8 PPR points, 6.4 a game, finishing TE29.

He caught 50 of 76 targets for 461 yards and 1 touchdown, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 4.8 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 42 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 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Trey McBride scored 18.6 PPR points a game and Evan Engram 6.4, 12.2 a game between them.

Evan Engram finished TE29 that year and Trey McBride TE1.

Trey McBride had 93 more targets than Evan Engram, 169 to 76.

Trey McBride had 778 more receiving yards than Evan Engram, 1239 to 461.

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger snap share, 89 percent against 58 percent.

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger target share, 29 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Trey McBride is off in Week 14. No bye is listed for Evan Engram.

What would change the answer

Trey McBride is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.