Should I start Trey McBride or Tyler Higbee in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Trey McBride, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 31.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Higbee, and the board ranks him 110th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Trey McBride is 3.7 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 Tyler Higbee is 2.5 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 7

Through Week 7, Trey McBride has been on the field for 91 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 22 of the offence's 76 third down targets, had 4 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 45 two minute targets.

His 78 targets have averaged 5.9 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against DEN he caught 10 of 13 targets for 111 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Tyler Higbee has been on the field for 59 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 1 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

In Week 5 against BUF he caught 5 of 6 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ARI he caught 4 of 4 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against LV he caught 2 of 3 targets for 14 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 Tyler Higbee played 10 games and scored 71.1 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing TE40.

He caught 25 of 36 targets for 281 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 3.6 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Trey McBride was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Trey McBride scored 18.6 PPR points a game and Tyler Higbee 7.1, 11.5 a game between them.

Trey McBride finished TE1 that year and Tyler Higbee TE40.

Trey McBride had 133 more targets than Tyler Higbee, 169 to 36.

Trey McBride had 958 more receiving yards than Tyler Higbee, 1239 to 281.

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 59 percent.

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger target share, 29 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

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