Trey McBride

NFL player. Position: TE. Team: ARI.

Quick Facts

Position: TE
Team: ARI (Arizona Cardinals)
Bye week (2026): 14
FantasyPros PPR rank (pulled 2026-05-21): 15

2026 Outlook

Yahoo flags a paradox for McBride: Arizona's regular-season schedule is brutal (all six divisional games at the top of league difficulty), which keeps garbage-time/passing-volume opportunities intact — exactly the setup that drove his 2025 TE1 finish (ran more routes than any TE, 150+ more than the next). Fantasy playoffs are the easiest in football: Jets in Week 15, Saints in 16, Raiders in 17 after a Week 14 bye.

Sharp Football Analysis ranks him as the consensus TE1 due to a "perfect storm of team injuries" that propelled him to unprecedented positional leverage. Even expecting regression, McBride's usage, age, and production give him the safest path to TE1 in 2026 (per 2026 Fantasy Football TE Rankings: Rich Hribar's Notes on Every Player).

FantasyPros positions McBride as one of three tight ends likely to exceed 200 fantasy points in 2026 (he had 194 in 2024). His elite snap share and receiving opportunity in Arizona's offense, combined with league-wide TE usage trends, support his candidacy for this exclusive club. (per 10 Bold Predictions for the 2026 Fantasy Football Season)

Role / Depth Chart

Locked-in TE1 in Arizona. New OC Nathaniel Hackett is the offensive question mark.

Injury Status

Healthy.

Recent News

2026-05-28 — SI's 2026 Ranking of the NFL’s Coach-QB Duos (SI's 2026 Ranking of the NFL’s Coach-QB Duos)
2026-05-27 — See Arizona Cardinals' 2026 organized team activities in photos (See Arizona Cardinals' 2026 organized team activities in photos)
2026-02-18 — After Reflection, Nick Rallis Embracing Chance To Run It Back As Cardinals Defensive... (After Reflection, Nick Rallis Embracing Chance To Run It Back As Cardinals Defensive...)
2026-05-28 — 2026 NFL Preview: Which 10 Players Are Most Likely To Benefit From Coaching Change? (2026 NFL Preview: Which 10 Players Are Most Likely To Benefit From Coaching Change?)
2026-05-29 — Fantasy Football Mock Draft: Strategy & Expert Picks (2026) (Fantasy Football Mock Draft: Strategy & Expert Picks (2026))
2026-05-17 — 2026 Fantasy Football Mock Draft: Expert Picks & Takeaways (2026 Fantasy Football Mock Draft: Expert Picks & Takeaways)
2026-03-06 — Fantasy Football 2026 Top-50 Rankings: Bijan Robinson or Jahmyr Gibbs at 1.01? (Fantasy Football 2026 Top-50 Rankings: Bijan Robinson or Jahmyr Gibbs at 1.01?)
2026-03-12 — 2026 NFL Free Agency Moves & Fantasy Football Impact (2026 NFL Free Agency Moves & Fantasy Football Impact)
2026-05-24 — Field Yates' fantasy football PPR rankings: Top 160 for 2026 (Field Yates' fantasy football PPR rankings: Top 160 for 2026)
2026-04-08 — 2026 NFL quarterback mock draft: Team fits over seven rounds (2026 NFL quarterback mock draft: Team fits over seven rounds)

Open Questions

(scoped to this player — pulled from Fantasy Football Open Questions)

Sources

Yahoo 2026 NFL schedule fantasy winners and losers