Trey McBride or Jonathan Taylor: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Trey McBride at 19.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 11th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jonathan Taylor at 18.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 12th highest figure of the 217 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 Jonathan Taylor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 8th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 4.

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, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 84 percent of IND snaps, taken 77 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 7 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have come 1.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against KC he carried 24 times for 92 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 40 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against HOU he carried 23 times for 68 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he carried 20 times for 95 yards, caught 1 of 4 targets for 2 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Jonathan Taylor played 17 games and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He carried 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 more yards.

That came to 19.0 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor scored 21.3 PPR points a game and Trey McBride 18.6, 2.7 a game between them.

Trey McBride finished TE1 and Jonathan Taylor RB4, which are two different ladders.

Trey McBride is a tight end and Jonathan Taylor a running back, 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 Jonathan Taylor in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.5 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.