The Arizona Cardinals' best player entering 2026 is tight end Trey McBride, who had a record-setting 2025 season. He was second in the NFL with 126 receptions, and he set the single-season record for receptions in a season by a tight end.
He could hit another league milestone this season.
He should set the NFL record for the most tight end receptions in the first five seasons of a career.
McBride has 347 career receptions, 39 short of Jimmy Graham's record of 386.
McBride should smash that record, surpassing it in the first half of the season. With 237 catches over the last two seasons, he could hit 450 by the season's end.
He is the league's most prolific pass-catching tight end currently and in the conversation for being the best overall tight end,
period.
We will soon see what 2026 has in store for McBride in a new offense under head coach Mike LaFleur.
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