Trey McBride Dynasty Value | Fantasy Outlook, Ranking, and More

Touchdowns have been a problem (four in 33 games), but the dynasty outlook for Arizona Cardinals TE Trey McBride is about as optimistic as any at the tight end position, given the ability to excel as a target earner that he proved in the second half of 2023.

As we gradually shift from the elder elite TE tier for fantasy football, the next group of young players seems ready to carry the torch. Where does McBride fall within this tier?

Trey McBride’s Dynasty Outlook

For young players, pedigree is a big part of the analysis, and McBride isn’t short on that. He was the first unanimous All-American in the history of Colorado State University and is the all-time leader at his high school in home runs and runs batted in on the baseball field, plus points scored on the basketball court.

Trey McBride is a BEAST 😤😤

Would you rather have #Lions Sam LaPorta or #Cardinals Trey McBride in fantasy football next year? 🤔

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— PFN Fantasy (@PFNFantasy) January 24, 2024

Yes, it’s safe to say that the athletic profile is as real as it gets. And McBride showing us the ability to earn targets in 2023 is a path to him being considered among the best in our game as early as 2024.

The first rule of dynasty is to not overreact to a small sample. The sample size is great when you have the opportunity to use it at the professional level, but for young players like McBride, we simply don’t have that.

Instead, we have to mold together his track record coming into the NFL with what we’ve seen him do on Sundays.

Well, we know McBride has the former in spades, and the latter he very much proved to us in 2023. From Weeks 8-18, here is the full list of players with at least 65 receptions who were targeted on at least 25% of their routes –- the consistent target earners that excelled in the volume department.

The company McBride is keeping on this list, even if not over a huge number of games, is ludicrous. It’s borderline impossible to overrate him moving forward given the state of the position –- he’s a Tier 1 dynasty TE for me, and it’s not debatable.

Kyle Soppe’s Top 15 Dynasty TE Rankings

1) Sam LaPorta | DET
2) Trey McBride | ARI
3) George Kittle | SF
4) Mark Andrews | BAL
5) T.J. Hockenson | MIN
6) Evan Engram | JAX
7) Travis Kelce | KC
8) Jake Ferguson | DAL
9) Dalton Kincaid | BUF
10) Kyle Pitts | ATL
11) David Njoku | CLE
12) Dallas Goedert | PHI
13) Michael Mayer | LV
14) Dalton Schultz | HOU
15) Isaiah Likely | BAL

Should You Trade McBride in Dynasty?

The situation around McBride isn’t the clearest, and that’s why he sits just behind LaPorta in my rankings. There have been some rumblings about Kyler Murray’s future with the team (not a free agent until 2029). Additionally, Marquise Brown enters this offseason as an unrestricted free agent, leaving this roster void of a complementary playmaker.

• Murray to McBride, 2023: 80.3% and 8.2 YPA
• Murray to everyone else: 62.8% and 6.4 YPA

That said, if we assume that Murray is back, we have no choice but to be all in on McBride. The Cardinals identify McBride as a receiver stuck in a tight end’s body (26.9 routes run for every pass-blocking snap), and that’s all we can ask for from a fantasy perspective.

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I would have no hesitation in trading for McBride right now assuming that you have the TE position figured out for the next 5-7 years. If the manager with him isn’t fully sold after 2023, you must make an offer and see where the conversation goes!

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