Should I start Trey McBride or Harold Fannin in Week 6?

Updated Oct 19, 7:16 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.

Start Trey McBride: 92 percent of the snaps and 25 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Harold Fannin's 89 percent of the snaps and 19 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Harold Fannin for Trey McBride?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Trey McBride projects 169 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 10 games), Harold Fannin 101 (10.1 a game over 10 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Trey McBride

TE2 · ARI · bye 14

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Market-based projection: 16.6 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 13

Harold Fannin

TE10 · CLE · bye 11

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Market-based projection: 9.9 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 74

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Trey McBride, and the board ranks him 13th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 31.

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

The market-based projections

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

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

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Trey McBride has been on the field for 89 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.

Through Week 6, Harold Fannin has been on the field for 87 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against PIT he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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

In Week 6 against BAL he caught 1 of 3 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

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 Harold Fannin played 16 games and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.

He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 6.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 10.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 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 Harold Fannin 11.7, 6.9 a game between them.

Trey McBride finished TE1 that year and Harold Fannin TE6.

Trey McBride had 62 more targets than Harold Fannin, 169 to 107.

Trey McBride had 508 more receiving yards than Harold Fannin, 1239 to 731.

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger snap share, 89 percent against 87 percent.

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger target share, 29 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Drop or keep

Should I drop Harold Fannin for Trey McBride?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Trey McBride projects 169 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 10 games), Harold Fannin 101 (10.1 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Trey McBride for Harold Fannin?
No. Keep Trey McBride: he projects 169 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 10 games), Harold Fannin 101 (10.1 a game over 10 games).