McBride’s Price Has Never Been Higher and Will Never Be Higher

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I normally have the philosophy that elite TEs are underrated and you should always go after the TE 1 or 2. That said, I’m tiering down from McBride every chance I get. Arizona led the league in pass rate over expectation. Almost a quarter of his fantasy points came in garbage time. None of that survives into 2026. I expect the Cardinals to run a wide-zone, run-first offense out of the McVay tree. They just spent the No. 3 overall pick on a running back. Marvin Harrison’s fully healthy again (and I expect a breakout year from him) That’s peak price for a guy entering his age-27 season, which is right around the median peak for the TE position, not the start of some long prime. He’s TE2 on my board too. He’s also only 827 points clear of a 22-year-old: Meanwhile the field got a lot deeper underneath him. Loveland turned into a 12-target-a-game guy over Chicago’s final stretch as a rookie. Fannin cleared the entire TE1 role in Cleveland as soon as Njoku left. Kraft was on a 1,000-yard, 13-touchdown pace before his ACL tear. LaPorta’s about to play in the exact scheme that just made McBride a fantasy TE1. I’d send McBride now for Loveland or Warren (maybe even LaPorta or Fannin too) plus an extra good pick and feel rly good about it. submitted by /u/Crazy_Ad_2473 [link] [comments]