Start Trey McBride or Dallas Goedert? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Trey McBride over Dallas Goedert in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Trey McBride at 18.8 points and Dallas Goedert at 10.5, a gap of 8.3. No player market is posted for Dallas Goedert this week yet, so his 10.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (9.9, 8.8 and 12.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Trey McBride at ADP 28 and Dallas Goedert at 121.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 18.8 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 (13, 10 and 13 market sources).

No Week 8 player market is posted for Dallas Goedert yet. His market-based projections were 9.9, 8.8 and 12.7 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 10.5, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Dallas Goedert is 0.3 touchdowns (11 market sources).

That puts Trey McBride 8.3 points ahead of Dallas Goedert on these 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.

Dallas Goedert and PHI visit WAS on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

WAS allowed 21.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 74 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against WAS.

By points allowed to the position, Dallas Goedert 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 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, Dallas Goedert played 67 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 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.

Dallas Goedert, Week 7 against DAL: 48 of 62 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 48 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 8 calls

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