After Trey McBride snared 126 receptions this season, smashing the NFL record for catches by a tight end in a single season, there was little doubt who the best tight end in the NFL was this year.
That was given tangible proof on Saturday, when McBride was an almost-unanimous pick by Associated Press voters as first-team All-Pro.
McBride received 49 of 50 first-place votes. San Francisco tight end George Kittle — who interestingly finished third among tight ends, with Atlanta’s Kyle Pitts getting the second-team nod — got the other first-place vote, despite playing just 11 games because of injuries.
McBride is the first Cardinals tight end to be named first-team All-Pro.
Three other Cardinals received All-Pro votes. Safety Budda Baker, a former All-Pro himself, got two votes. Punter Matt Haack, who played just seven games but averaged 51.3 yards a punt on 25 attempts, got a vote. And the ageless Calais Campbell got one vote but it was a first-place vote for special teams.
Baker was a second-team All-Pro last season, and Baker’s first-team nod in 2020 was the last time a Cardinals made the first team. The last time the Cardinals had an offensive player named All-Pro was running back David Johnson in 2016.