Trey McBride is finally starting to make an impact for the Cardinals' offense. jfmckessy breaks down McBride's recent stretch of strong play. BirdCityFootball | AZCardinals
was all but a non-factor in the Cardinals’ offense. However, over the last several weeks, he has started to break out, becoming one of the only bright spots for Arizona in an otherwise vastly disappointing season.
Through the first nine weeks of the season, McBride had made five starts at tight end for the Cardinals, but most of his snaps came on special teams. In fact, at the halfway point of the season, the rookie had more tackles as a special teamer than he had receptions , and all three of those catches were in a single game.
After Week 9, things started to change, in part because fellow tight end Zach Ertz suffered a season-ending kneein Week 10. McBride started that game and suddenly saw more offensive snaps than he had all season to that point. The production didn’t come immediately though. He had just one target and one catch—his first of either since Week 4—for seven yards before fumbling it and recovering it.
Over the next few weeks, McBride continued to start in Ertz’s place and his production slowly started to increase. In every week following that one-catch performance in Week 10, the rookie tight end had at least three targets and at least one reception. Each passing week, it felt like he was a little bit closer to breaking out.
The true breakout performance finally came in Week 17 against the Falcons in Atlanta. McBride caught seven of his 10 targets from backup quarterback David Blough for 78 yards and his first career touchdown. It wasn’t the prettiest touchdown catch, but McBride had to be thankful to finally get that first one 15 games into his career.
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