Should I start Rachaad White or Trey McBride in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rachaad White, and the board ranks him 96th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 31.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Rachaad White is 3.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Trey McBride is 2.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Rachaad White's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Rachaad White has been on the field for 52 percent of WAS snaps, taken 28 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 3 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 0.5 air yards.

In Week 5 against NYG he carried 7 times for 18 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SF he carried 7 times for 27 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 30 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against PHI he carried 11 times for 55 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Trey McBride has been on the field for 91 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 23 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 4 of its 29 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 57 two minute targets.

His 86 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 7 of 9 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Rachaad White played 17 games and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB32.

He carried 132 times for 572 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 218 more yards.

That came to 7.8 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Trey McBride scored 18.6 PPR points a game and Rachaad White 8.4, 10.2 a game between them.

Rachaad White finished RB32 and Trey McBride TE1, which are two different ladders.

Rachaad White is a running back and Trey McBride a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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