Should I start Trey McBride or T.J. Hockenson in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

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.

Live drafts hold no current pick on T.J. Hockenson, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Trey McBride is 2.3 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.

The market has T.J. Hockenson at 2.0 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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Trey McBride has been on the field for 91 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 23 of the offence's 95 third down targets, had 5 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 58 two minute targets.

His 94 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against SEA he caught 7 of 8 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, T.J. Hockenson has been on the field for 65 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 75 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 7.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against IND he caught 4 of 5 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against DET he caught 4 of 5 targets for 58 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against BUF he caught 4 of 7 targets for 33 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 T.J. Hockenson played 15 games and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 8.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Trey McBride was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Trey McBride scored 18.6 PPR points a game and T.J. Hockenson 7.5, 11.1 a game between them.

Trey McBride finished TE1 that year and T.J. Hockenson TE26.

Trey McBride had 103 more targets than T.J. Hockenson, 169 to 66.

Trey McBride had 801 more receiving yards than T.J. Hockenson, 1239 to 438.

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 65 percent.

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

Trey McBride is off in Week 14 and T.J. Hockenson in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.