Should I start Aaron Jones Sr. or Dalton Kincaid in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Aaron Jones Sr., and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Kincaid, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Aaron Jones Sr. at 3.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Dalton Kincaid is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Aaron Jones Sr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Aaron Jones Sr. has been on the field for 25 percent of MIN snaps, taken 30 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 1 target have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against IND he carried 8 times for 26 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Dalton Kincaid has been on the field for 68 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 9.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against NE he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAR he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LV he caught 7 of 8 targets for 38 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Aaron Jones Sr. played 12 games and scored 118.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing RB41.

He carried 132 times for 548 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 28 of 41 targets for 199 more yards.

That came to 11.0 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Dalton Kincaid played 12 games and scored 126.1 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE20.

He caught 39 of 49 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 4.1 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 40 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 12 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Dalton Kincaid scored 10.5 PPR points a game and Aaron Jones Sr. 9.9, 0.6 a game between them.

Aaron Jones Sr. finished RB41 and Dalton Kincaid TE20, which are two different ladders.

Aaron Jones Sr. is a running back and Dalton Kincaid a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Aaron Jones Sr. is off in Week 6 and Dalton Kincaid in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Aaron Jones Sr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Dalton Kincaid is listed as questionable on the injury report.