Trey McBride or Ja'Marr Chase: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Trey McBride at 19.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 9th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

The player markets price Ja'Marr Chase at 18.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 13th highest figure of the 219 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 7th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 31.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ja'Marr Chase: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 8th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Trey McBride has been on the field for 89 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 31 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 4 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 5.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against SEA he caught 8 of 10 targets for 41 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Through Week 4, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 72 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 8.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against HOU he caught 7 of 9 targets for 75 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 9 of 12 targets for 98 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 3 of 3 targets for 27 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 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Trey McBride was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase scored 19.6 PPR points a game and Trey McBride 18.6, 1.0 a game between them.

Trey McBride finished TE1 and Ja'Marr Chase WR4, which are two different ladders.

Trey McBride is a tight end and Ja'Marr Chase 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 Ja'Marr Chase in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Ja'Marr Chase is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

1.3 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.