Trey McBride or George Pickens: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Trey McBride at 17.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 22nd highest figure of the 142 players the market prices.

The player markets price George Pickens at 14.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 44th highest figure of the 142 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Trey McBride: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 24th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 31.

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Pickens: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 22nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

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.

Through Week 5, George Pickens has been on the field for 84 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 3 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 41 targets have averaged 11.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against BAL he caught 7 of 11 targets for 82 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against HOU he caught 2 of 3 targets for 75 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 9 of 13 targets for 130 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 George Pickens played 17 games and scored 291.9 PPR points, 17.2 a game, finishing WR5.

He caught 93 of 137 targets for 1429 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 15.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 83 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Trey McBride scored 18.6 PPR points a game and George Pickens 17.2, 1.4 a game between them.

Trey McBride finished TE1 and George Pickens WR5, which are two different ladders.

Trey McBride is a tight end and George Pickens a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 14, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

2.9 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.