Should I start Trey McBride or Tucker Kraft in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Trey McBride, and the board ranks him 73rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 31.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tucker Kraft, and the board ranks him 80th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Trey McBride is 3.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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 Tucker Kraft is 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Trey McBride has been on the field for 89 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.

Through Week 6, Tucker Kraft has been on the field for 81 percent of GB snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 64 third down targets, had 3 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 5.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against TB he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 42 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DAL he caught 5 of 8 targets for 37 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 Tucker Kraft played 8 games and scored 117.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE24.

He caught 32 of 44 targets for 489 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Trey McBride was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Trey McBride scored 18.6 PPR points a game and Tucker Kraft 14.7, 3.9 a game between them.

Trey McBride finished TE1 that year and Tucker Kraft TE24.

Trey McBride had 125 more targets than Tucker Kraft, 169 to 44.

Trey McBride had 750 more receiving yards than Tucker Kraft, 1239 to 489.

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger snap share, 89 percent against 81 percent.

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger target share, 29 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Trey McBride is off in Week 14 and Tucker Kraft in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.