Start Trey McBride or Brock Bowers? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Trey McBride over Brock Bowers in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Trey McBride at 19.2 points and Brock Bowers at 16.9, a gap of 2.3.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 19.2 fantasy points for Trey McBride, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Trey McBride at 79.5 receiving yards and 7.5 receptions, with a 45% chance to score a touchdown (15, 9 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 16.9 fantasy points for Brock Bowers, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Brock Bowers at 72.5 receiving yards and 6.5 receptions, with a 40% chance to score a touchdown (10, 9 and 15 market sources).

That puts Trey McBride 2.3 points ahead of Brock Bowers on the market projections.

Week 5 matchups

Brock Bowers and LV visit NE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NE allowed 5.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 4 games, the fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 26 yards and no touchdowns a game against NE.

Injury status

Trey McBride is not on the injury report.

Brock Bowers is listed as questionable with a knee injury.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Trey McBride played 89 percent of ARI snaps, drew 31 percent of the targets, earned 27 percent of the air yards and had 19 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.

Trey McBride, Week 2 against SEA: 44 of 50 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 41 yards, 1 touchdown.

Trey McBride, Week 3 against SF: 79 of 87 snaps, 11 targets and 9 catches for 75 yards.

Trey McBride, Week 4 against NYG: 64 of 66 snaps, 12 targets and 7 catches for 31 yards.

Through Week 4, Brock Bowers played 81 percent of LV snaps, drew 31 percent of the targets, earned 35 percent of the air yards and had 24 percent of the red zone chances.

Brock Bowers, Week 3 against NO: 55 of 70 snaps, 13 targets and 10 catches for 116 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brock Bowers, Week 4 against KC: 69 of 84 snaps, 11 targets and 6 catches for 86 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.

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.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Trey McBride over George Kittle.
• Start Trey McBride over Sam LaPorta.
• Start Trey McBride over Tyler Warren.
• Start Brock Bowers over AJ Barner.
• Start Brock Bowers over Cade Otton.
• Start Brock Bowers over Colston Loveland.