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Should I start Travis Kelce or Trey McBride in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 2:46 PM ET.

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Week 10 verdict

Start

TE · ARI · vs LAR

Market projects
17.2
recent weeks avg
LAR D vs TE
10.6
8th fewest to TEs (2026)
Upside
Rising
78 of 100 at TE
Snap share
91%
Through Week 9
Target share
27%
Through Week 9
Sit

TE · KC · at ATL

Market projects
11.2
recent weeks avg
ATL D vs TE
13.9
16th most to TEs (2026)
Upside
High
87 of 100 at TE
Snap share
77%
Through Week 9
Target share
20%
Through Week 9
Start McBride or Kelce? The full Week 10 breakdown

Start Trey McBride: 91 percent of the snaps and 25 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Travis Kelce's 77 percent of the snaps and 21 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 Travis Kelce for Trey McBride?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Trey McBride projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 7 games), Travis Kelce 96 (12.0 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Trey McBride over Travis Kelce.

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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.

TE10 · KC · bye 5

2026 vs anytime td line 3-5

Market-based projection
11.7 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
84

TE13 · ARI · bye 14

2026 vs anytime td line 5-4

Market-based projection
15.6 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
101

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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 Travis Kelce, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Trey McBride, and the board ranks him 101st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 31.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Travis Kelce is 2.6 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.

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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Travis Kelce has been on the field for 77 percent of KC snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 1 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 6.7 air yards.

In Week 7 against SEA he caught 4 of 8 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DEN he caught 5 of 7 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against NYJ he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 72 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Travis Kelce played 17 games and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.4 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 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.

Head to head

In 2025 Trey McBride scored 18.6 PPR points a game and Travis Kelce 11.4, 7.2 a game between them.

Travis Kelce finished TE3 that year and Trey McBride TE1.

Trey McBride had 61 more targets than Travis Kelce, 169 to 108.

Trey McBride had 388 more receiving yards than Travis Kelce, 1239 to 851.

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 77 percent.

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Travis Kelce is off in Week 5 and Trey McBride in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Travis Kelce for Trey McBride?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Trey McBride projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 7 games), Travis Kelce 96 (12.0 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Trey McBride over Travis Kelce.

  • Should I drop Trey McBride for Travis Kelce?

    No. Keep Trey McBride: he projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 7 games), Travis Kelce 96 (12.0 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Trey McBride over Travis Kelce.

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