Start Trey McBride or Colston Loveland? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Trey McBride over Colston Loveland in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Trey McBride at 18.9 points and Colston Loveland at 10.7, a gap of 8.2. Drafters take Trey McBride at ADP 28 and Colston Loveland at 71.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 18.9 fantasy points for Trey McBride, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Trey McBride is 71 receiving yards, 7-8 receptions and 0.7 touchdowns (12, 9 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.7 fantasy points for Colston Loveland, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Colston Loveland is 43 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (12, 10 and 10 market sources).

That puts Trey McBride 8.2 points ahead of Colston Loveland on the market projections.

Week 8 matchups

Trey McBride and ARI visit DAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DAL allowed 12.4 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 47 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against DAL.

Colston Loveland and CHI visit SEA on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

SEA allowed 10.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 34 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against SEA.

By points allowed to the position, Trey McBride has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Trey McBride is not on the injury report.

Colston Loveland is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Trey McBride played 91 percent of ARI snaps, drew 29 percent of the targets, earned 24 percent of the air yards and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

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

Trey McBride, Week 5 against DET: 66 of 73 snaps, 10 targets and 9 catches for 66 yards, 1 touchdown.

Trey McBride, Week 6 against LAR: 70 of 72 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 53 yards.

Trey McBride, Week 7 against DEN: 75 of 81 snaps, 13 targets and 10 catches for 111 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Colston Loveland played 86 percent of CHI snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 17 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Colston Loveland, Week 4 against NYJ: 86 of 93 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 57 yards.

Colston Loveland, Week 5 against GB: 55 of 69 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Colston Loveland, Week 6 against ATL: 68 of 77 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 65 yards, 1 touchdown.

Colston Loveland, Week 7 against NE: 58 of 69 snaps, 12 targets and 7 catches for 69 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, Colston Loveland played 16 games for CHI and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.

He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 463 air yards.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Trey McBride over Brock Bowers.
• Start Trey McBride over Dallas Goedert.
• Start Trey McBride over Dalton Kincaid.
• Start Colston Loveland over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Colston Loveland.
• Start Colston Loveland over Cade Otton.