Jagger May recommended prioritizing Trey McBride at the 2-3 turn because he provides a structural advantage at tight end. Arizona led the NFL in targets to the position last season, and McBride turned that volume into WR1-caliber fantasy weeks. Only Brock Bowers shares comparable upside; the rest of the tight-end pool cannot match McBride’s ceiling. Securing him lets drafters chase upside elsewhere rather than burning early capital on a second running back with a lower point-differential impact.

Jason Moore was frustrated to miss Trey McBride in round two because the Cardinals tight end caught 111 passes last year— a reception total few wideouts can match. In full-PPR leagues, that single-position dominance gives managers a weekly edge, and Moore views McBride as one of the rare tight ends worth aggressive draft capital. With Kyler Murray healthy for a full season and Marvin Harrison Jr. drawing outside coverage, McBride should retain his 25% target share and remain a 100-catch threat, creating a massive replacement-level gap at the position.

Sam Monson predicted Trey McBride will crack the top-three tight-end conversation as soon as 2025. Monson said that if McBride simply repeats last season’s late-year surge—and George Kittle shows even slight age regression—McBride will be "battling Brock Bowers for the number-one spot." McBride’s yards per route run spiked once Zach Ertz landed on IR, and Arizona’s depth chart behind Marvin Harrison Jr. is thin, giving him a clear runway to 110-plus targets. With the Cardinals projected to trail frequently, Monson views McBride as a high-volume, athletic TE1 who should be aggressively drafted in best ball and redraft formats this summer.

Pat Kerrane argued that Trey McBride’s failure to score many touchdowns through two NFL seasons is the single soft spot in an otherwise efficient best-ball market. McBride already commands targets and racks up yards at an elite rate, yet variance has kept him off the scoreboard. Kerrane believes simply normalizing to league-average TD conversion would catapult McBride into the same weekly ceiling tier as Bowers, Kelce and Andrews while still being drafted a round later. Because tight ends are heavily touchdown-driven in half-PPR, Kerrane views betting on that regression as one of the cleanest paths to tournament-winning upside in 2025 drafts.

Ian Hartitz grabbed Trey McBride at the 3-4 turn and called him nearly interchangeable with rookie Brock Bowers—yet McBride goes a full round later. Hartitz reminded listeners that McBride commanded a 24 % target share and finished 5th among tight ends in yards per route run after Week 8 last season. With Kyler Murray back and virtually no proven target competition outside Marvin Harrison Jr., Hartitz views McBride as the unquestioned focal point of Drew Petzing’s offense. Drafting him allows drafters to stop at two tight ends, freeing roster spots for late-round flyers while still accessing elite weekly ceilings and a strong Week-17 dome game against Chicago.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound said Trey McBride is one of the only late-round tight ends who can actually swing Underdog’s Eliminator. McBride already earned a full-time workload last season once Zach Ertz was shipped out, and Pat thinks a modest touchdown spike — "give him eight TDs with last year’s usage and he matters a ton" — would catapult him into weekly TE1 territory. Because the position is generally being written off in this format, managers can grab McBride outside the top-100 picks and still capture real ceiling without paying up for the Kelce/Kittle tier. Pat is mixing him into two-TE builds whenever he fades the early elite options, betting that a healthier Kyler Murray and the arrival of Marvin Harrison Jr. will create far more red-zone trips for Arizona than the market expects.

Cody Woodman called Trey McBride a “smash” at his current Best Ball Mania VI price because rookie Brock Bowers goes several rounds earlier. Woodman said the role and weekly ceiling between the two tight ends should be comparable, yet the ADP gap lets drafters grab McBride later while spending earlier picks on premium wide-outs. He views McBride as the easiest path to an every-down tight end without paying the Bowers tax.