Start Trey McBride or Tyler Warren? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Trey McBride over Tyler Warren in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Trey McBride at 19.3 points and Tyler Warren at 12.8, a gap of 6.5.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 19.3 fantasy points for Trey McBride, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Trey McBride at 80.5 receiving yards and 7.5 receptions, with a 45% chance to score a touchdown (16, 10 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 12.8 fantasy points for Tyler Warren, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Tyler Warren at 50.5 receiving yards and 5.5 receptions, with a 33% chance to score a touchdown (16, 12 and 15 market sources).

That puts Trey McBride 6.5 points ahead of Tyler Warren on the market projections.

Injury status

Trey McBride is not on the injury report.

Tyler Warren is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Trey McBride played 89 percent of ARI snaps, drew 31 percent of the targets, earned 27 percent of the air yards and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

Trey McBride, Week 1 against LAC: 60 of 75 snaps, 13 targets and 9 catches for 95 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

Through Week 4, Tyler Warren played 90 percent of IND snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Warren, Week 1 against BAL: 50 of 54 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 13 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tyler Warren, Week 2 against KC: 58 of 65 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 21 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tyler Warren, Week 3 against HOU: 67 of 71 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 10 targets and 9 catches for 55 yards.

Tyler Warren, Week 4 against WAS: 56 of 66 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 41 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, Tyler Warren played 17 games for IND and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.

He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets and 343 air yards.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Trey McBride over Brock Bowers.
• Start Trey McBride over George Kittle.
• Start Trey McBride over Sam LaPorta.
• Start Tyler Warren over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Tyler Warren.
• Start Tyler Warren over Cade Otton.