Start Trey McBride or Isaiah Likely? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Trey McBride over Isaiah Likely in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Trey McBride at 16.9 points and Isaiah Likely at 10.0, a gap of 6.9. No player market is posted for Trey McBride this week yet, so his 16.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (14.9 and 18.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Isaiah Likely this week yet, so his 10.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (9.4 and 10.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Trey McBride at ADP 28 and Isaiah Likely at 144.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Trey McBride yet. His market-based projections were 14.9 and 18.9 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 16.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Isaiah Likely yet. His market-based projections were 9.4 and 10.7 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 10.0, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Trey McBride 6.9 points ahead of Isaiah Likely on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

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

DEN allowed 15.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 12th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 63 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against DEN.

Isaiah Likely and NYG visit HOU on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

HOU allowed 9.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 46 yards and no touchdowns a game against HOU.

By points allowed to the position, Trey McBride 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 7

Through Week 6, Trey McBride played 89 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: 9 targets and 7 catches for 53 yards.

Through Week 6, Isaiah Likely played 70 percent of NYG snaps, drew 29 percent of the targets, earned 24 percent of the air yards and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

Isaiah Likely, Week 3 against TEN: 54 of 64 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Isaiah Likely, Week 4 against ARI: 44 of 67 snaps, 12 targets and 7 catches for 66 yards.

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: 11 targets and 6 catches for 99 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 7 calls

• Start Trey McBride over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Trey McBride over Harold Fannin Jr..
• Start Trey McBride over Hunter Henry.
• Start Isaiah Likely over AJ Barner.
• Start Isaiah Likely over Cade Otton.
• Start Isaiah Likely over Dalton Schultz.