Trey McBride or Sam LaPorta: 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 16 market sources. That is the 10th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Sam LaPorta at 12.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 64th highest figure of the 184 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 8th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 32.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Sam LaPorta: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 47th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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, Sam LaPorta has been on the field for 87 percent of DET snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 36 third down targets, had 2 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 5.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against BUF he caught 6 of 7 targets for 52 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against NYJ he caught 3 of 4 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 8 of 13 targets for 84 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Sam LaPorta played 9 games and scored 106.9 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing TE27.

He caught 40 of 49 targets for 489 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 5.4 targets a game, a 82 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Trey McBride was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Trey McBride scored 18.6 PPR points a game and Sam LaPorta 11.9, 6.7 a game between them.

Trey McBride finished TE1 that year and Sam LaPorta TE27.

Trey McBride had 120 more targets than Sam LaPorta, 169 to 49.

Trey McBride had 750 more receiving yards than Sam LaPorta, 1239 to 489.

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

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger target share, 31 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Trey McBride is off in Week 14 and Sam LaPorta in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

6.9 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.