The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast on Trey McBride

Podcast1117: Players to AvoidAugust 18, 2026

From the episode

I wrote this in the guide where McBride average about 0.45 fantasy points per route run last year. If those 120 routes were declined... he would have ended up scoring 15.4 PPR points per game instead of 18.6

Mentioned at 59:25 – 62:26

STACKED’s take

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McBride's 2023 volume was unsustainable; target in the late third round.

JJ Zachariason and Rich Hribar agree that while McBride will likely remain a top tight end, his 2023 production was bolstered by a record-breaking 694 routes run. Hribar notes that if his route volume regressed to a standard high-end level, his PPR output would have dropped from 18.6 to 15.4 points per game. They suggest he is currently overvalued in the late second round and should be targeted in the late third.