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ANALYSIS: The Arizona Cardinals placed Zach Ertz on IR this week, elevating Trey McBride to the lead tight end role for the team. McBride made the most of that on Sunday against the Ravens.
The second-year tight end was targeted 14 times in the 31-24 loss, catching 10 of those passes for 95 yards and a touchdown. He led the Cardinals in targets, receptions, and receiving yards in the contest.
Ertz had eight or more targets in three of the first four games this season. It's been clear that the Cardinals want to get the football to the tight end position. Now that Ertz is out for at least the next three games, that role falls to McBride. For that reason, I expect to continue to see McBride with this kind of usage in the short term.
McBride is a high-end fantasy TE2 play with TE1 upside for the next three games and should be added in 12-team leagues and used as a streaming play until Ertz returns. The bigger question is what this tight end rotation will look like once Ertz is back. McBride is the more physically talented of the two at this point, but Ertz's veteran leadership and steady hands could push McBride back to a reserve role.
But that's still about a month away from being a concern for fantasy managers. For now, get Trey McBride on your roster and enjoy the fact that Joshua Dobbs will pepper him with targets.
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