Should I start Trey McBride or Jakobi Meyers in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Trey McBride, and the board ranks him 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 31.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jakobi Meyers, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Trey McBride is 2.4 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.

The market-based projection for Jakobi Meyers is 2.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver'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 9

Through Week 9, Trey McBride has been on the field for 91 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 23 of the offence's 95 third down targets, had 5 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 58 two minute targets.

His 94 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against SEA he caught 7 of 8 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Jakobi Meyers has been on the field for 75 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 3 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 5 of 10 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against IND he caught 2 of 3 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against BAL he caught 4 of 6 targets for 65 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 Jakobi Meyers played 16 games and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Trey McBride was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Trey McBride scored 18.6 PPR points a game and Jakobi Meyers 11.0, 7.6 a game between them.

Trey McBride finished TE1 and Jakobi Meyers WR32, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Trey McBride is off in Week 14 and Jakobi Meyers in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.