Start Tucker Kraft or Trey McBride? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Trey McBride over Tucker Kraft in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Trey McBride at 16.8 points and Tucker Kraft at 11.4, a gap of 5.4. No player market is posted for Trey McBride this week yet, so his 16.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (14.9, 18.9 and 16.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Trey McBride at ADP 28 and Tucker Kraft at 104.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Trey McBride yet. His market-based projections were 14.9, 18.9 and 16.6 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 16.8, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Trey McBride is 0.6 touchdowns (6 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.4 fantasy points for Tucker Kraft, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tucker Kraft is 44 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (10, 8 and 12 market sources).

That puts Trey McBride 5.4 points ahead of Tucker Kraft on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

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

DEN allowed 13.3 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 14th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 55 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against DEN.

Tucker Kraft and GB visit DET on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DET allowed 31.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 109 yards and 1.8 touchdowns a game against DET.

By points allowed to the position, Tucker Kraft has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Trey McBride is not on the injury report.

Tucker Kraft is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Trey McBride played 91 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: 70 of 72 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 53 yards.

Through Week 6, Tucker Kraft played 80 percent of GB snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Tucker Kraft, Week 3 against ATL: 50 of 66 snaps, 8 targets and 4 catches for 26 yards.

Tucker Kraft, Week 4 against TB: 55 of 60 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 42 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tucker Kraft, Week 5 against CHI: 47 of 61 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 64 yards.

Tucker Kraft, Week 6 against DAL: 58 of 75 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 37 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, Tucker Kraft played 8 games for GB and scored 117.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE24.

He caught 32 of 44 targets for 489 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 145 air yards.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Trey McBride over Brock Bowers.
• Start Trey McBride over Colston Loveland.
• Start Trey McBride over Dallas Goedert.
• Start Brock Bowers over Tucker Kraft.
• Start Tucker Kraft over Cade Otton.
• Start Colston Loveland over Tucker Kraft.