Start Trey McBride or Brock Bowers? Week 2

Our Week 2 call

Start Trey McBride over Brock Bowers in Week 2.

Trey McBride is priced by the books at 14.9 projected points. Brock Bowers has too little of his market posted this week to price, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and his injury status only. Drafters take Trey McBride at ADP 13 and Brock Bowers at 21.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 14.9 fantasy points for Trey McBride, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

No sportsbook posted a player market for Brock Bowers in Week 2.

Week 2 matchups

Trey McBride and ARI host SEA on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

SEA allowed 12.8 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 15th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 28 yards and a touchdown against SEA.

Brock Bowers and LV visit LAC on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

LAC allowed 24.5 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 4th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 95 yards and a touchdown against LAC.

By points allowed to the position, Brock Bowers has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Trey McBride is not on the injury report.

Brock Bowers is listed as questionable with a knee - meniscus injury.

Usage before Week 2

Through Week 1, Trey McBride played 80 percent of ARI snaps, drew 35 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

Trey McBride, Week 1 against LAC: 60 of 75 snaps, 13 targets and 9 catches for 95 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Trey McBride played 17 games for ARI 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 and 656 air yards.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Trey McBride, Week 18 of 2025 against LAR: 8 targets and 7 catches for 65 yards, 13.5 PPR points.

Trey McBride, Week 17 of 2025 against CIN: 55 of 57 snaps, 13 targets and 10 catches for 76 yards, 1 touchdown, 23.6 PPR points.

In 2025, Brock Bowers played 12 games for LV and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.

He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets and 375 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Brock Bowers, Week 16 of 2025 against HOU: 53 of 54 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 33 yards, 1 touchdown, 14.3 PPR points.

Brock Bowers, Week 15 of 2025 against PHI: 38 of 42 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 28 yards, 8.8 PPR points.

Their other Week 2 calls

• Start Trey McBride over Colston Loveland.
• Start Trey McBride over George Kittle.
• Start Trey McBride over Tyler Warren.
• Start Brock Bowers over Colston Loveland.
• Start Brock Bowers over Isaiah Likely.
• Start Brock Bowers over Tyler Warren.