Trey McBride or Juwan Johnson: Week 6 result

Our Week 6 call

Start Trey McBride over Juwan Johnson in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Trey McBride at 16.5 points and Juwan Johnson at 10.3, a gap of 6.3. Drafters take Trey McBride at ADP 28 and Juwan Johnson at 173.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.5 fantasy points for Trey McBride, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Trey McBride is 65 receiving yards, 7-8 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (11, 11 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.3 fantasy points for Juwan Johnson, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Juwan Johnson is 41 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (14, 12 and 14 market sources).

That puts Trey McBride 6.3 points ahead of Juwan Johnson on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

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

LAR allowed 6.4 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 20 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against LAR.

Juwan Johnson and NO visit NYG on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYG allowed 14.2 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 15th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 52 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against NYG.

By points allowed to the position, Juwan Johnson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Trey McBride is not on the injury report.

Juwan Johnson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Trey McBride played 89 percent of ARI snaps, drew 29 percent of the targets, earned 23 percent of the air yards and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

Trey McBride, Week 2 against SEA: 44 of 50 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 41 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

Through Week 5, Juwan Johnson played 70 percent of NO snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Juwan Johnson, Week 2 against BAL: 36 of 68 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 66 yards.

Juwan Johnson, Week 3 against LV: 46 of 74 snaps, 8 targets and 8 catches for 53 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Juwan Johnson, Week 4 against ATL: 58 of 74 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 59 yards.

Juwan Johnson, Week 5 against MIN: 29 of 45 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 16 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, Juwan Johnson played 17 games for NO and scored 179.9 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing TE8.

He caught 77 of 102 targets for 889 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 527 air yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 6 went

Trey McBride scored 12.3 PPR points and Juwan Johnson scored 0.0.

The call was right: Trey McBride outscored Juwan Johnson by 12.3.

Trey McBride finished 4.2 points below the 16.5 the market projected.

Trey McBride, Week 6 against LAR: 70 of 72 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 53 yards, 12.3 PPR points.

Trey McBride finished as the week's TE13 in PPR scoring.

Juwan Johnson finished 10.3 points below the 10.3 the market projected.

Juwan Johnson, Week 6 against NYG: 42 of 72 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Trey McBride over Brenton Strange.
• Start Trey McBride over Brock Bowers.
• Start Trey McBride over Colston Loveland.
• Start Juwan Johnson over AJ Barner.
• Start Juwan Johnson over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Juwan Johnson.