Start T.J. Hockenson or Trey McBride? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Trey McBride over T.J. Hockenson in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Trey McBride at 17.2 points and T.J. Hockenson at 10.4, a gap of 6.8. 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. No player market is posted for T.J. Hockenson this week yet, so his 10.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (10.0, 10.6 and 10.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Trey McBride at ADP 27 and T.J. Hockenson at 224.

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).

No Week 10 player market is posted for T.J. Hockenson yet. His market-based projections were 10.0, 10.6 and 10.5 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 10.4, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Trey McBride 6.8 points ahead of T.J. Hockenson 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.

T.J. Hockenson and MIN visit GB on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

GB allowed 9.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 35 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against GB.

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

Injury status

Trey McBride is not on the injury report.

T.J. Hockenson 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, T.J. Hockenson played 65 percent of MIN snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

T.J. Hockenson, Week 5 against NO: 2 of 71 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

T.J. Hockenson, Week 7 against IND: 45 of 59 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 35 yards, 1 touchdown.

T.J. Hockenson, Week 8 against DET: 44 of 53 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 58 yards, 1 touchdown.

T.J. Hockenson, Week 9 against BUF: 7 targets and 4 catches for 33 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, T.J. Hockenson played 15 games for MIN and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 224 air yards.

He was on the field for 79 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 Isaiah Likely.
• Start Brenton Strange over T.J. Hockenson.
• Start Brock Bowers over T.J. Hockenson.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over T.J. Hockenson.