Start Isaiah Likely or Trey McBride? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Trey McBride over Isaiah Likely in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Trey McBride at 17.2 points and Isaiah Likely at 11.8, a gap of 5.4. No player market is posted for Trey McBride this week yet, so his 17.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (16.9, 18.9 and 15.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Trey McBride at ADP 27 and Isaiah Likely at 144.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Trey McBride yet. His market-based projections were 16.9, 18.9 and 15.7 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 17.2, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Trey McBride is 0.4 touchdowns (7 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.8 fantasy points for Isaiah Likely, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Isaiah Likely is 49 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (14, 12 and 14 market sources).

That puts Trey McBride 5.4 points ahead of Isaiah Likely on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

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

LAR allowed 10.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 46 yards and 0.1 touchdowns a game against LAR.

Isaiah Likely and NYG host WAS on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

WAS allowed 20.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 75 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against WAS.

By points allowed to the position, Isaiah Likely has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Trey McBride is not on the injury report.

Isaiah Likely is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Trey McBride played 91 percent of ARI snaps, drew 27 percent of the targets, earned 22 percent of the air yards and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Trey McBride, Week 8 against DAL: 77 of 81 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 72 yards, 1 touchdown.

Trey McBride, Week 9 against SEA: 44 of 53 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 54 yards.

Through Week 9, Isaiah Likely played 75 percent of NYG snaps, drew 27 percent of the targets, earned 21 percent of the air yards and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

Isaiah Likely, Week 5 against WAS: 71 of 89 snaps, 13 targets and 11 catches for 94 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Isaiah Likely, Week 6 against NO: 70 of 77 snaps, 11 targets and 6 catches for 99 yards, 1 touchdown.

Isaiah Likely, Week 7 against HOU: 57 of 66 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Isaiah Likely, Week 9 against PHI: 50 of 67 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 53 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, Isaiah Likely played 14 games for BAL and scored 61.7 PPR points, 4.4 a game, finishing TE45.

He caught 27 of 36 targets for 307 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets and 190 air yards.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Trey McBride over Brock Bowers.
• Start Trey McBride over George Kittle.
• Start Trey McBride over Sam LaPorta.
• Start Isaiah Likely over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Isaiah Likely.
• Start Isaiah Likely over Chig Okonkwo.