Should I trade Puka Nacua for Trey McBride?

It is close to even: Puka Nacua is 90 and Trey McBride is 84 on rest-of-season value, inside the 8 points the values cannot separate. Take the one who starts for you.

Who has more rest-of-season value, Puka Nacua or Trey McBride?

Puka Nacua, 90 to 84. He rates 17.3 market points a game over 11 games left, against 17.1 over 11 for Trey McBride, each measured above a replacement starter at his own position.

How are these trade values calculated?

Each player's points per game is the median of the market-based PPR points we froze before each week's first kickoff, Weeks 3, 4, 5. A replacement starter's rate is subtracted and the rest is multiplied by his games from Week 6 to Week 17, bye taken out. No expert opinion is involved.

Trade Puka Nacua for Trey McBride? Close to even, 90 to 84.

Close to even. On rest-of-season value Puka Nacua is 90 and Trey McBride is 84, a 6 point edge to Nacua that sits inside the 8 points these values cannot separate. Take the one your lineup is short of. Nacua rates 17.3 market points a game with 11 games left, McBride 17.1 with 11. On usage, Nacua has drawn 27 percent of LAR targets; McBride has drawn 31 percent of ARI targets. Nacua hosts ARI in Week 6 (6th most points allowed to WRs); McBride is at LAR in Week 6 (2nd fewest points allowed to TEs). Neither carries an injury designation this week.

The verdict, Week 5

Close to even.

Puka Nacua 9084 Trey McBride

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Puka Nacua

WR5LAR

value, #15

Pts/game: 17.3
Games left: 11
Bye: 11

Puka Nacua weekly market-based points
Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5
3.0	17.3	21.5

Trey McBride

TE1ARI

value, #20

Pts/game: 17.1
Games left: 11
Bye: 14

Trey McBride weekly market-based points
Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5
16.3	17.1	19.3

Where the values come from

Nacua is the 5th receiver on the chart and 15th overall. His 17.3 a game is 8.2 above the replacement receiver's 9.1, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 11, which is how he comes to 90.

McBride is the 1st tight end on the chart and 20th overall. His 17.1 a game is 7.6 above the replacement tight end's 9.5, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 14, which is how he comes to 84.

The weekly market prices

The market priced Puka Nacua at 3.0 in Week 3, 17.3 in Week 4 and 21.5 in Week 5, a median of 17.3 points a game, up 18.5 from his first frozen week to his latest.

The market priced Trey McBride at 16.3 in Week 3, 17.1 in Week 4 and 19.3 in Week 5, a median of 17.1 points a game, up 2.9 from his first frozen week to his latest.

Points so far against the price

Puka Nacua has scored 40.1 PPR points in 2 games, 20.1 a game, 2.8 a game more than the 17.3 the market prices him at from here.

Last season he finished WR1 with 375.0 PPR points in 16 games, 23.4 a game.

Week 1 vs SF: 12.4 points (WR27 that week), 5 of 9 targets for 74 yards, 70 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs PHI: 27.7 points (WR5 that week), 2 rushing yards on 1 carry, 9 of 12 targets for 125 yards, 1 touchdown, 90 percent of snaps.

Trey McBride has scored 90.8 PPR points in 5 games, 18.2 a game, 1.1 a game more than the 17.1 the market prices him at from here.

Last season he finished TE1 with 315.9 PPR points in 17 games, 18.6 a game.

Week 1 vs LAC: 24.5 points (TE2 that week), 9 of 13 targets for 95 yards, 1 touchdown, 80 percent of snaps.

Week 2 vs SEA: 18.1 points (TE6 that week), 8 of 10 targets for 41 yards, 1 touchdown, 88 percent of snaps.

Week 3 vs SF: 16.5 points (TE8 that week), 9 of 11 targets for 75 yards, 91 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs NYG: 10.1 points (TE19 that week), 7 of 12 targets for 31 yards, 97 percent of snaps.

Week 5 vs DET: 21.6 points (TE3 that week), 9 of 10 targets for 66 yards, 1 touchdown.

Usage a game this season

Through Week 4, Puka Nacua has averaged 0.5 carries for 1 yard and 10.5 targets and 7.0 catches for 100 yards a game on 82 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 2 times inside the 20, 11 percent of his team's chances there, and has scored 1 touchdown in 2 games.

In Week 4 against PHI he had 1 carry and 12 targets on 90 percent of the snaps.

Through Week 4, Trey McBride has averaged 11.5 targets and 8.3 catches for 61 yards a game on 89 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 9 times inside the 20, 19 percent of his team's chances there, and has scored 2 touchdowns in 4 games.

In Week 4 against NYG he had 12 targets on 97 percent of the snaps.

Schedule and next matchup

A trade made now buys Week 6 through Week 17. Puka Nacua has 11 games in it with his bye in Week 11; Trey McBride has 11 games with his bye in Week 14.

ARI, Nacua's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 38.4 PPR points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 6th most to WRs of 32.

LAR, McBride's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 6.6 PPR points a game to TEs this season over 4 games, the 2nd fewest to TEs of 32.

The full Week 5 trade value chart

Common questions

Should I trade Puka Nacua for Trey McBride?
It is close to even: Puka Nacua is 90 and Trey McBride is 84 on rest-of-season value, inside the 8 points the values cannot separate. Take the one who starts for you.
Who has more rest-of-season value, Puka Nacua or Trey McBride?
Puka Nacua, 90 to 84. He rates 17.3 market points a game over 11 games left, against 17.1 over 11 for Trey McBride, each measured above a replacement starter at his own position.
How are these trade values calculated?
Each player's points per game is the median of the market-based PPR points we froze before each week's first kickoff, Weeks 3, 4, 5. A replacement starter's rate is subtracted and the rest is multiplied by his games from Week 6 to Week 17, bye taken out. No expert opinion is involved.

By the Parlae deskValues updated Oct 12, 2026 at 9:06 AM ETHow this is built Report a wrong number