Should I start Tanner McKee or Trey McBride in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 5:26 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Tanner McKee: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Trey McBride's 95 percent of the snaps and 27 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Tanner McKee for Trey McBride?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Trey McBride projects 166 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.6 a game over 10 games), Tanner McKee 144 (14.4 a game over 10 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Tanner McKee

QB12 · PHI · bye unlisted

Overall rank: 87

Trey McBride

TE12 · ARI · bye 14

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Market-based projection: 16.6 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 88

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tanner McKee, and the board ranks him 87th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Trey McBride, and the board ranks him 88th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 31.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tanner McKee is 16.3 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Trey McBride is 3.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Tanner McKee has been on the field for 100 percent of PHI snaps, dropped back 48 times and thrown 8.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 10 of 48 dropbacks.

In Week 6 against CAR he completed 26 of 45 passes for 215 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 0 yards.

Through Week 6, Trey McBride has been on the field for 91 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 18 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 4 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 40 two minute targets.

His 65 targets have averaged 5.5 air yards.

In Week 4 against NYG he caught 7 of 12 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DET he caught 9 of 10 targets for 66 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tanner McKee played 4 games and scored 14.8 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing QB55.

He threw for 274 yards on 43 attempts with 1 touchdown and 1 interception, and ran for 8 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 10.8 attempts a game at 6.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 3 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.

Trey McBride was available for 13 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Trey McBride scored 18.6 PPR points a game and Tanner McKee 3.7, 14.9 a game between them.

Tanner McKee finished QB55 and Trey McBride TE1, which are two different ladders.

Tanner McKee is a quarterback 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

Trey McBride is off in Week 14. No bye is listed for Tanner McKee.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Tanner McKee for Trey McBride?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Trey McBride projects 166 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.6 a game over 10 games), Tanner McKee 144 (14.4 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Trey McBride for Tanner McKee?
No. Keep Trey McBride: he projects 166 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.6 a game over 10 games), Tanner McKee 144 (14.4 a game over 10 games).