Start Trey McBride or Dallas Goedert? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Trey McBride over Dallas Goedert in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Trey McBride at 16.8 points and Dallas Goedert at 11.1, a gap of 5.7. No player market is posted for Trey McBride this week yet, so his 16.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (14.9, 18.9 and 16.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Trey McBride at ADP 28 and Dallas Goedert at 121.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Trey McBride yet. His market-based projections were 14.9, 18.9 and 16.6 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 16.8, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Trey McBride is 0.6 touchdowns (7 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.1 fantasy points for Dallas Goedert, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dallas Goedert is 41 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (4, 5 and 11 market sources).

That puts Trey McBride 5.7 points ahead of Dallas Goedert on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Trey McBride and ARI host DEN on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

DEN allowed 13.3 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 14th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 55 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against DEN.

Dallas Goedert and PHI host DAL on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

DAL allowed 12.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 16th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 46 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against DAL.

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

Injury status

Trey McBride is not on the injury report.

Dallas Goedert is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Trey McBride played 91 percent of ARI snaps, drew 29 percent of the targets, earned 22 percent of the air yards and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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.

Through Week 6, Dallas Goedert played 65 percent of PHI snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Dallas Goedert, Week 1 against WAS: 52 of 55 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 77 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Dallas Goedert, Week 2 against TEN: 19 of 76 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Dallas Goedert, Week 5 against JAX: 43 of 62 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 38 yards.

Dallas Goedert, Week 6 against CAR: 52 of 64 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 61 yards.

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, Dallas Goedert played 15 games for PHI and scored 185.1 PPR points, 12.3 a game, finishing TE7.

He caught 60 of 82 targets for 591 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets and 357 air yards.

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

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Trey McBride over Brock Bowers.
• Start Trey McBride over Colston Loveland.
• Start Trey McBride over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Brock Bowers over Dallas Goedert.
• Start Dallas Goedert over Cade Otton.
• Start Colston Loveland over Dallas Goedert.